pat; tap; pop; crack; cutesy suffix applied to names
catch; catching; catch; shop tout; puller-in; catching (in swimming and boating); catching the water
vast; limitless; boundless
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
to bend forward; to stoop; to bow
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
trouble; bother; annoyance
very hungry; starving; bowing repeatedly; kowtowing; denting; buckling
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
company name; name of a company
carefree; free from worry
school bag (usu. handheld or hung from the shoulder); schoolbag
lightning strike; lightning bolt
to remove; to move out of the way
slope; slanting surface; bevel
zori; traditional Japanese thonged sandals
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
soft rush (Juncus effusus var. decipiens); common rush
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
kasaya; monk's stole; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder)
gatha (poetic verse of a scripture)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
khakkhara (staff topped with metal rings traditionally carried by monks); pewter staff
covering for the back of the hand and wrist
arabesque pattern; toothed medick (Medicago polymorpha)
(arch.) Zen monk's waistcoat (short, informal kasaya); ring (usu. made of ivory) attached to this waistcoat; netsuke; item attached to a netsuke
begging Zen priest of the Fuke sect (wearing a sedge hood and playing a shakuhachi flute)
to make symbolic signs (gestures) with the fingers
Skanda (swift-footed guardian deity); great runner
devoting one's life to the Buddha; obeying the Buddha's teachings
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
(switched) on; being on the green (of one's ball)
so-wa-ka; well said; so be it
Buddhist teachings; Buddhism
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
supernatural (e.g. psychic phenomena and such); paranormal
in an instant; in a flash; in the blink of an eye; in no time at all; just like that