to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
brawny; muscular; impressive; gigantic
looks; features; (personal) appearance
build; physique; frame; constitution
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
Indian soapberry (Sapindus mukorossi); Chinese soapberry; washnut; soapnut tree
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
rosary; string of prayer beads
left; left-hand side; left hand; the left (wing); leftist; fondness for alcohol
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
Acala (Wisdom King); Acalanatha; Fudō Myōō (Myō-ō); fierce Buddhist deity
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
stamp; seal; seal impression; seal; mudra (symbolic hand gesture); ninja hand sign
platform in front of a temple's principal image, from which the officiating monk chants
sitting cross-legged; sitting in the lotus position
minuteness; one millionth
dharani; spell; litany; Sanskrit multi-syllabic chant
to recite; to chant; to read aloud
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
milk; breast; loop; decorative bump (on a hanging bell)
Thursday; wood (first of the five elements)
to throw into; to dump in together
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; impulse
to rise (of smoke, steam, etc.); to go up
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
to step back; to walk backwards
place; position; location; position; standing; status
round straw mat; sitting in a circle
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
to imitate; to follow; to copy; to emulate
lotus position (meditation and yoga posture); padmasana; sitting with legs crossed and feet placed on opposing thighs
pressing one's hands together in prayer; triangular frame of a thatched roof; yours sincerely; yours truly
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
to clamber; to climb with hands and feet; to crawl up; to creep up
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
colouring; coloring; colouration; coloration; painting