boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
tear; rip; rent; slit; crack; chasm
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk
joy; enjoyment; delight; pleasure
to abuse; to exploit to the full; to give free rein to
pressing; urging; demanding; demand
smallest (in size, degree, etc.); least; minimum; minimal
flowery language; pretty words
turning upside down; placing nonessentials before essentials
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
whispering into a person's ear
several (objects, usu. from two to six)
legitimate line; direct descent
censure; criticism; blame; disparagement; vilification
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
apocryphal sutra (composed in China or Japan)
to differ; to be different; to run counter to; to change (into something out of the ordinary)
praise; glorification; extolment
invitation; summons; bidding (e.g. to host the Olympics); calling
spring and autumn; spring and fall; years; age; The Spring and Autumn Annals; The Chronicles of Lu
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
to rinse (one's mouth); to gargle
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
work in a Zen temple (e.g. cleaning, working in the fields)
to fasten one's eye on (a person); to stare at
central pillar (of a building); mainstay (e.g. of an economy); backbone (e.g. of a family); provider
adherence (to custom, tradition)
mooncake; disc-shaped confection of wheat-flour dough filled with bean paste, usu. eaten during Autumn in China
array; muster; line-up; full force
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
farce; burlesque; low comedy
mimicking someone's speech; imitating someone's way of speaking; mimicry