Okinawa (city, prefecture)
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
acquisition; obtaining; gaining possession; purchase
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
advanced student; advanced learner; advanced practitioner; experienced person
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
to recall; to remember; to recollect
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent
simply; merely; only; solely
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
part of the feet from the ankles to the tips of the toes
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
to ask; to enquire; to query
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much