provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
to differentiate; to segregate
may I come in?; please forgive me; I'm sorry
detour; circumvention; turning movement
going around; orbiting; circling; circumference; girth; surroundings
orbit; trajectory; railroad track; (right) track; proper course
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
intangible; incorporeal; by force; outrageous; making light of; making fun of
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
repetition; iteration; recursion; recurrence; recapitulation
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin
now that; since; so long as; because
one-to-one correspondence
change of schedule; schedule change
an unsettled course of action; (orders or laws) being revised often with no guiding principles
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
a little while later; for a little while; some time later; for some time; presently
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate
charming; fascinating; enchanting; bewitching; beguiling; captivating
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
middle way; (golden) mean; moderation; the Doctrine of the Mean (one of the Four Books)
right to decide; having say (in a decision)
in accordance with; according to
right to choose; a say; option