one person; another name; nickname; alias
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
gambling; competition; game (of chance)
(school) athletic festival; sports day; field day
chorus; singing in a chorus
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
manners; courtesy; etiquette
parallelism; running parallel (to, with); running concurrently; occurring at the same time; not reaching an agreement (e.g. of a debate)
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
voluntary training; voluntary practice; free practice
thought; consideration; thinking
burden; load (e.g. CPU time, electricity, etc.)
bamboo sword (for kendo); bamboo fencing stick
truth; reality; seriousness; logical truth; printed style writing; star performer
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
from A to Z; without exception; in every particular
fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)
middle of the night; dead of night
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
natural voice (without a microphone)
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
to cross one's mind; to be reminded
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
sliding feet; shuffling (one's feet); moving legs forward with feet never leaving the ground (exercise)
corridor; hallway; passageway
stairs; stairway; staircase
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