broiled eel on rice with green tea poured on top
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness; concern
middle of the night; dead of night
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
middle-aged spread; weight put on in middle age
at full speed; impetuously; precipitately; headlong
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)
news; word; tidings; omen
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
India; cotton sheeting; foreign; imported; ultra-spicy; extra hot
sacred books; sutras; scriptures; Bible
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
preceptor or high priest (esp. in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Tendai or Kegon Buddhism); preceptor or high priest (in Shingon, Hosso, Ritsu or Shin Buddhism); second highest priestly rank in Buddhism; monk (esp. the head monk of a temple); master (of one's art, trade, etc.)
to dig through; to drill into; to excavate
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
persistence; fortitude; indomitability
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
personification; impersonation; embodiment
wisdom; intelligence; intellect
operation (of machine); operating; running; working
order; sequence; procedure
up and down, left and right; top and bottom, left and right
both sides; two sides; double-sided
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
three sides; small offering stand
900; nine hundred; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot
dozens; scores of; decades
calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance