birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
to freeze; to refrigerate
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
personal; individual; private
insular; closed; unsociable; exclusive
elegance; refinement; grace; aroma
corruption; immorality; lapse from virtue; fall from virtue
to be infatuated (with); to be hooked (on); to lose one's heart (on)
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)
(work) hard; unceasingly; strenuously; assiduously; busily; ardently
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
dead of night; middle of the night; midnight; third quarter of the hour of the ox (2-2:30am, or 3-3:30am)
successfully; with success
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply
warning; admonition; lesson or a phrase that teaches you not to do something
silence (not speaking); muteness
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end
to smoke (a cigarette); to behave as ...; to accelerate; to rev up
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
discontent; dissatisfaction; complaint; grievance
sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment
rare; extraordinary; singular
regretful; sorrowful; bitter; contrition
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty