reality; real state of affairs; true state of affairs; true form of all things as they are; ultimate reality
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
coincident with; while; simultaneously
reaching; attaining; arrival
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
indulgence; addiction; infatuation
resemblance; likeness; similarity; analogy
fiction; fabrication; concoction; falsework (scaffolding, etc.)
cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); straw raincoat that makes one invisible
combination; union; binding; bond
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
fall; tumble; spill; degradation; comedown; demotion
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
rising; exacerbated; exasperated; accelerated; aggravated
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
to need; to demand; to take; to require
since then; from that time; ever since
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
(arch.) to annotate; to write down
ignorance; covering; concealing; Mongolia
form; situation; condition
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
to take a breath; to take a short rest
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
life; living; I; me; student
basket; basketball; basket cloth
aizuchi; back-channeling; interjections indicating that one is paying attention; two smiths hammering at an object in turn
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
cruelty; hard-heartedness
Zen; entering the path of Zen
button (clothing); push-button
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable