bishop's staff; khakkhara
to change way one holds something; to transfer something from one hand to the other
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
bunches (e.g. of fruit); clusters; crammed (e.g. with people); overflowing
sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul; Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
cripple; disabled person; invalid
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
to press a question; to cross-examine
nonchalant air; unruffled air
face; surface; mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
same quality; same nature; homogeneous
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
preliminary test or trial; tryout
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to cut corners; to be shoddy
to rush out from one's mouth (words, phrases, etc.)
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
to make a circle (of a motion, arrangement, etc.); to move (e.g. one's head) in a circle; to form (the shape of) a circle; to draw a circle
without leaving any trace
feelings; thoughts; meaning
to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding