village headman (esp. in the Kansai region)
ikebana; Japanese art of flower arrangement
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
somehow; for some reason (or other); why
kana; Japanese syllabaries (i.e. hiragana and katakana)
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
gentle; quiet; mild; quiet (color, pattern, etc.); sober
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
to have a talk; to tell a story
front; frontage; facade; main
stand; rest; setting (of a gem); mounting; stock (in grafting); counter for machines and vehicles; level (e.g. price level)
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
to blindstitch the inside of a fold with (equally spaced) threadings (i.e. pulling shoe lacing tight)
complexion; colour; color; blood red
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
token (gesture, gift, etc.); (done) for form's sake; for the sake of appearances
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to improve one's skill (esp. at calligraphy or drinking larger amounts of alcohol)
suddenly; in a flash; quickly; conspicuously; prominently; showily
just as; right after; in the act of; as soon as; at that moment
Kōbō Daishi (774-835 CE; founder of Shingon Buddhism and renowned calligrapher)
bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden
(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go
to stick out one's tongue; to ridicule someone (behind their back); to laugh at someone
another; one more; even more; (not) quite; (not) very
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
Bhaisajyaguru (buddha able to cure all ills)
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
together with; same; both; all; including ...
worship; adoration; admiration; cult
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
from now; from this moment; henceforth