reliability; trustworthiness; dependability
harmless and inoffensive; bland; tepid
repentance; confession; penitence
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
galvanized sheet iron (galvanised)
awning (over window, doorway); eaves (of roof); narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building; visor (of a cap); brim; classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle
crash; smash; crunch; bang; breaking sound
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
conduct; behavior; behaviour
relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.); easing; softening
air hole; windhole; ventilator
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
sharing an umbrella; under one umbrella; sketch of an umbrella with two names under it (equiv. of "X loves Y")
exclamation used to scold practitioners (in Zen); scolding or threatening with a shout
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
direct; frank; straightforward; decisive; prompt
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
bold; shameless; cheeky; brash; impudent
vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel
mass communication; mass media
to get goosebumps; to have one's hair stand on end; to shudder
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
to cringe with fear; to cower with fright; to be terribly afraid
competing; competition; auction
to continue to increase; to continue to mount
flying; leaping; zero; naught; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo); running out of points (zero or fewer)
rainy sky; sky as it looks when it is about to rain; threatening sky
kakishibu; astringent persimmon juice used as a dye or to to treat wood, paper, etc.
to issue a manifesto; to appeal
invisible; unseen; vague; mysterious; imaginary
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment