meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
slight superiority (in knowledge, experience, ability, etc.); being slightly older
cruelty; hard-heartedness
reasonable (person); obedient (e.g. child); doing what one is told
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
scorpion (Scorpiones spp.)
Asura; demigod; fighting; carnage; sledge (for conveying large rocks, logs, etc.); log slide
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
sacred profession; holy orders; vocation; ministry
completely; thoroughly; horribly; without exception; until there's no untouched (undamaged) part
curiosity; inquisitiveness
at regular intervals; evenly spaced
fire built in an iron basket (watch fire, fishing fire, etc.); bonfire; campfire; (arch.) brothel-keeper (Edo period)
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
idleness; lack of application; lazy study habits
came; went; were (somewhere); was (somewhere); were (doing); was (doing)
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
God's will; heaven's decree; mandate of Heaven; one's life; one's lifespan
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
to sieve; to sift; to winnow; to screen (candidates)
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
without cause; without reason
this sort of; of this kind; of the sort; such
strength; solidity; firmness; armour; armor
healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace
wisdom; enlightenment; prajñā (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path); wisdom
to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand
blood relative; close relation; (one's) flesh and blood; flesh and blood; the body
messenger; envoy; emissary
under control (e.g. of territory)
the six historical styles of writing kanji: large seal, small seal, clerical, triangular-swept clerical, running, and cursive
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)