true character; true heart; true spirit
guidepost; signpost; guide; manual; tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica)
administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
studio apartment; bed-sitter
as usual; as is one's habit
bundle of banknotes; stack of bills; large sum of money
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
to smash down; to batter down; to beat in; to destroy
secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
having very little difference between one another; being much of a muchness; being more or less the same; pointless competition (between two equally unimpressive parties); pissing contest
raising one's hand; show of hands (e.g. for a vote); salute
destructive blast; blowing up; explosion
to be blown off; to be blown away; to disappear; to vanish; to rush; to hurry
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
to lead (an advance); to spearhead (a campaign, attack)
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
infant; baby; little child
to sob; to never stop crying; to cry on and on
cry (e.g. of a baby); sob; whine; tearful voice; weepy voice
self-satisfied look; triumphant expression
to kick out (e.g. someone from a house)
(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?
to wait for an opportunity
Sanjusangen-dō (temple in Kyōto)
statue of Buddha; image of Buddha; Buddhist statue; Buddhist image
thousand-armed Avalokiteshvara; thousand-armed Kannon
seated figure (e.g. of Buddha); sedentary statue; sedentary image
one may well say so, but ...; even more than
to be conspicuous; to stand out
to save; to leave over; to spare
compassionate; merciful; benevolent; charitable; humane
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; clitoris
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless