having at one's mercy; trifling with; toying with; playing with; making a fool of; leading around by the nose
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
treatment (esp. hair treatment)
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
to steal a glance (at); to look furtively (at); to take a peek (at)
to comfort; to console; to amuse
so-so; passable; now, now; there, there; my, my; oh my!
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
tall figure; high stature
passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); pass (for admission, transport, etc.); ticket; pass (of a ball); pass (ceding one's turn); giving (something) a pass; pass (ceding one's turn after there are no more useful moves)
in person; personally; directly
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
substance; true form; main part; main unit; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.); noumenon
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
inner psychological world; mental world; spiritual world
reality; actuality; hard fact
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
temporary; transient; trifling; trivial; careless; perfunctory
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for); to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
watching a (sports) game; spectating; observing (military operations)
near; close (to); nearby; (drawing) near; approaching; almost here
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
cackling (sound of shrill laughter)
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy