close-cropped hair; shaven head
sour look; surly face; pout
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
kasaya; monk's stole; wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder)
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
high monk (esp. one of correct conduct who acts as a role model for his pupils); high priest; initiate (esp. as a formal rank in Tendai and Shingon); monk who conducts religious services
Buddhist priest; bonze; layman dressed like a priest; person
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
adds force or indicates command
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
preparing to flee; being ready to run away
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
while; during; while; although; all; both
mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly
to apologize; to apologise
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
tosa (Japanese dog breed)
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case