promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
groan; moan; roar; growl; buzz; hum (e.g. motor)
to look daunted; to look embarrassed; to be disappointed
power; authority; jurisdiction
to like; to love; to be fond of
I don't like it; I hate it
contradiction; inconsistency
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
cheap lodging or flophouse, especially in a skid row area or slum
complicated and mysterious
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
Nichiren chant; (an empty) slogan
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
to joke around; to do and say ridiculous things
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery
not serious; frivolous; insincere; unsteady
vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
to bewitch; to confuse; to enchant; to delude
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; confusion
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance
to squeeze out; to wring out
to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of