comprehension; understanding; enlightenment; spiritual awakening; satori
state (of mind); mental state; field (of activity); one's lot; circumstance; place
splendour; splendor; magnificence; grandeur
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
warm welcome; friendly reception; hospitality; entertainment
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
several times; a few times
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
to get accustomed to using
long sword; minute hand (of a clock)
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
the place for; the time for; the level of
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to fight against; to oppose; to face
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to draw through one's hand; to stroke (e.g. a beard); to work someone hard; to masturbate
sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment
to thrust before; to thrust at
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost