permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
profit; earnings; stroke of luck
offender; transgressor; violator
severe punishment; rigorous measures
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
seizure; confiscation; impounding; sequestration; forfeiture
waste of labor or energy; waste of labour; vain effort
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
cancellation of a contract
to crouch; to squat; to cower
person (generally male) who won't learn their lesson; persistent jerk
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
anything and everything; just about everything
thoughtless; reckless; ordinary; usual; excessive; indiscriminate
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue
with a clink (click, clack)
breathing of a sleeping person
on the left as one faces (it)
turning sideways; landscape orientation
with stealthy steps; with noiseless footsteps; on tiptoe; stealthily
manners; behavior; behaviour
towel blanket; terry-cloth blanket
beautiful legs; great legs
to hold (something) reverently with both hands
odorless; odourless; unscented
to repent; to regret; to be sorry; to rue
to mesh (of gears, cogs, etc.); to engage with each other; to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength; to mesh
to soak into; to sink into; to seep into; to sink into (one's mind); to be (deeply) ingrained; to be instilled
proficient; skilled; skillful; enjoying to the full; full satisfaction; being satiated (with)