kakishibu; astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to to treat wood, paper, etc.
faction; branch; sect; denomination; branching off
technique; art; skill; move
soft and fair goes far; willows are weak, yet they bind other wood
training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
throw or throwing technique (sumo, judo)
grappling technique (e.g. judo)
blow to a vital point of a person's body; striking techniques (judo)
encouragement; promotion; inducement; incitement; stimulation
match; game; bout; contest
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)
robust (health); strong (constitution); sturdy
self-improvement; (mental) training; self-discipline; cultivation
(school) subject; curriculum; course; item; heading; entry
to attack; to assault; to assail
elementary and middle school pupils
wise saying; famous saying
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
transcendence; transcendency; transcendental; to transcend; to rise above
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
idol (i.e. carving or painting of a deity)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
nirvana; supreme enlightenment; death; death of Buddha
Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine; temple attached to a shrine
generalization; generalisation; popularization; to generalize; to generalise; to popularize
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself