interference; intervention; meddling
yoke; constraints; oppression
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
trusting too much; overestimating ability
calamity; disaster; misfortune
to place firmly; to hit very hard
restricted; confined; unfree
to worry about the future
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
to be stumped; to be at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be fed up; to be tired (of); to be unable to bear
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)
feces and urine; excreta; human waste
to discharge (e.g. effluent)
dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
a few minutes later; after a few minutes
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate
revengeful ghost; apparition
remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue
to lurk; to hover in the background; to be coiled up; to stretch tortuously
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
deep-seated grudge; hatred
one's daily milieu; neighbourhood; neighborhood; zone of life; sphere of life
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon
with a clink (click, clack)
by itself; automatically; naturally
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
to draw through one's hand; to stroke (e.g. a beard); to work someone hard; to masturbate
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)