indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
wholeheartedly; with heart and soul; intently; with undivided attention; with intense concentration; single-mindedly
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
short sleeved kimono (worn as an undergarment during the Heian period); padded silk garment
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
to wear (formal clothing) in a casual fashion
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
to irritate one; to get on one's nerves
to do for (the sake of someone else)
one's younger days; when one was young
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
practice; practising; training; study
penance; austerities; mortification; asceticism
beautification; glorification
to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
mystery; something inexplicable; unfathomable (of a Buddha's abilities); 10^64 (or 10^80)
place where there is a god or spirit; place containing the sacred object of a shrine
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
preliminary arrangements; spade work
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
hard-to-forgive; intolerable; inexcusable; unpardonable
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
together with; same; both; all; including ...
cleaning up somebody else's mess; carrying the can; ass-wiping; arse-wiping
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental
fifth court rank; black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax); night heron; five ranks; five stages
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
order; command; life; destiny; fate
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
to trample to death; to kill underfoot
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
to believe implicitly; to believe firmly
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
ugly; unsightly; hideous; mean; repulsive; disgraceful