suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
comprehension; understanding; enlightenment; spiritual awakening; satori
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
enterprise; business; company; corporation
group; party; team; organization; organisation; association
training (esp. in-service); induction course
serious; earnest; honest; real; legit
to say; to tell; to state; to do
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
magical powers; supernatural powers; spell; charm
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
to clear away; to remove; to demolish
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
impassioned speech; fervent speech
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
entering an institution; beginning training; primer; manual; introduction (to)
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
to jump over; to clear; to walk over (someone)
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
hand-copied sutras; copying of a sutra
innocence; insentient (i.e. plants, inanimate objects, etc.); free from obstructive thoughts; to pester someone (for cash, etc.)
lodging together; training camp; boarding house
to become misty; to become hazy
to stand under a waterfall (as spiritual training)
quantity or volume of water
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
shoes strictly prohibited
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish)
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
minimum; at the very least
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
rest period; intermission; break time; recess
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
lying on one's belly; crawling on one's belly; belly crawl