the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
difficult to ...; hard to ...
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect
rather; better; instead; if anything
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
rope; cord; policeman's rope
to suspend from; to be suspended (from)
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
to have a talk; to tell a story
downstairs neighbour (neighbor); subordinate
to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
to degenerate; to lapse into
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to be opposite; to face each other