painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
dark side (of nature, town, etc.)
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
timidity; cowardice; prudence; pedantry
to gain experience; to get accustomed (with something)
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
to be smeared; to be covered
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
to shout (in anger); to yell
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off
equally; thoroughly; all over; uniformly; without exception; all around
(inflected) end of a word; end of a sentence
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
fingering an object (in killing time); amusing oneself; diversion; gambling