to take advantage of one's carelessness; to perform a surprise attack
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with
preparedness for death; do-or-die spirit
determined purpose; an incredibly short span of time (i.e. the time occupied by a single thought); a single repetition of a prayer (esp. in Jodo-shu)
using as an intermediary; through
to differ; to vary; to disagree
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
counter for wheels and flowers
phantom; vision; illusion
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
Sleeping Beauty (fairy tale)
infancy; childhood; tender age
unique; rare; exceptional; unparalleled; incomparable
(social) position; status
to boost; to force up; to push up
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
incredibly brutal; gory; gruesome
intent; intention; bad faith; mens rea (guilty mind)
self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
to blow up (i.e. wind); to blow upwards; to spout into the air
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
to withstand; to be able to endure
two (long cylindrical things)
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
covering for the back of the hand and wrist
secret; private; surreptitious