episode; anecdote; vignette
feel when biting; manner of enunciation
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
internal conflict; family quarrel; domestic trouble
chain; chaining; connection; (genetic) linkage
on bad terms; at loggerheads
spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion
to darken one's face; to assume a gloomy look
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
dead of night; middle of the night; midnight; third quarter of the hour of the ox (2-2:30am, or 3-3:30am)
upper grades of primary school (sixth, fifth, and sometimes fourth grades)
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
middle of the night; dead of night
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
daylight hours; hours of sunshine
village; hamlet; countryside; country
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
smelling of fish; fishy; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; worldly; mundane
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
in deep black; in jet black
being buried; remaining unknown; being forgotten; being absorbed (e.g. in research); being immersed
to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
stink; bad odor; bad odour; stench
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow