meditation; contemplation
tattoo (esp. not traditional Japanese)
dark brown; colour of tanned skin
youthful; young; young-looking
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
bamboo sheath; bamboo peel
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
attractiveness; charm; amiability
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
cooperation; collaboration
feather decoration; plume
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
to rub together (e.g. one's hands)
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
(of fire) to spread; to extend itself
attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out
registration; accession; register; entry; record
document; official papers
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
transmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to only one child
to be mad about; to be hooked on
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
to blaze; to burn brightly