ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)
immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
recitation; reciting from memory
time after time; countless times; many a time; dozens of times
you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; (lit.) a shop-boy near the temple gate will recite sutras untaught
great erudition; extensive knowledge; vast stock of knowledge
an idle brain is the devil's shop
body; physical system; (the) person
intolerant; small-minded; inflexible; unforgiving; unyielding; ungenerous
quiet and secluded life; quiet retreat; idle life
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
to commit vice; to do evil
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
business hours; opening hours; office hours
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
disk; disc; tray; shallow bowl; grid; board (e.g. in shogi)
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
food culture; dietary culture; cuisine
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
it is to be regretted that ...; it is a pity that ...; it is unfortunately that ...
on the board (shogi, go, etc.)
samurai receiving this much rice as a fee; offering of rice cake containing this much rice; person receiving this amount of money as a salary
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
whichever one chooses; either way
advanced student; advanced learner; advanced practitioner; experienced person
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome
crumpled; wrinkled; crinkled; creased
pre-established harmony (Leibniz theory); harmonie préétablie; (events) proceeding in a predictable fashion; turning out the way everyone expected; convention
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly