to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
thing that should be (carefully) avoided; no-no; thing to definitely not do; something forbidden; taboo
I'm home!; I'm back!; now; at present; just now; a moment ago
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
four; 4; four years of age; ten o'clock (in the old time system); burakumin; cross grips
obstruction; impediment; hindrance; inhibition; blocking; check
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
obedience; submission; resignation
suicidal act; self-destroying action; suicidal action
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous; to be absurd
to follow (a rule, precedent, etc.); to conform to (the law, standards, etc.); to be proportionate to; to correspond to; to be equivalent to
great joy; delight; jubilation
retiring from military service
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
(deliberate) misinterpretation; distortion (of someone's words, etc.); contortion; perversion; disingenuous understanding
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; site; grounds
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
three sides; small offering stand
to walk in on; to tread upon
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; contraction; atrophy
exclamation used to scold practitioners (in Zen); scolding or threatening with a shout
thick makeup; heavy makeup
physiological; physical; visceral; instinctive; in one's guts
(feeling of) hatred; (strong) dislike; disgust; aversion; revulsion; loathing
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at); to be intimidated; to feel daunted