fetish; passion; enthusiasm
tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; demon; devil
jumping to a wrong conclusion
dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)
penalty; sentence; punishment
to keep away; to keep at a distance
not busy; unengaged; being free; leisure
dropping out of school; withdrawing from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
irregular; atypical; anomalous; anomalistic; abnormal
speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
open; public; official; overt
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
kindergarten pupil; kindergartener
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
believer; adherent; devotee; fanboy; fanatic; superfan
agalactia; lactation failure; flat chest; absence of breasts
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
sentimental; emotional; maudlin; mawkish
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to discuss; to talk together
change of course; route change; direction change
clientele; customer stratum
fort; stronghold; fortification
batter's box; one's turn at bat
Enryaku era (782.8.19-806.5.18)
New Year's Eve; December 31