grant; bestowal; giving something to someone of low social standing (by a person of very high social standing)
certainty; reality; regular; permanent; samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)
torture to death; torment to death
busily; sedulously; laboriously; feverishly; fussily; worrying (about little things)
casting; cast-metal object
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
anything and everything; just about everything
interest (on a loan, deposit, etc.)
to repay double the original amount; to repay x times the original amount
entertainment (at a party); amusement; fun; trick
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
all night; throughout the night
connotation; comprehension; intension; inclusion; containment within
inner (self, voice, man, etc.); internal (conflict, tension, competition, etc.); interior
decisive; resolute; determined; firm
figured; patterned; figured haori (coat)
peace; quiet; tranquility; tranquillity
strong pressure; heavy pressure
together with; same; both; all; including ...
bravery; courage; heroism
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
learning by watching others; learning by imitation
plane; sharpen; whittle; pare; shave (leather); scrape off
to have legs; to be able to get around; to be a good runner
one of these days; someday; one day
to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring
to blossom; to flower; to bloom
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much
to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt
to perform some process; to apply some treatment; to revise; to correct
hazy curtain of flowers; cherry blossoms appearing from afar like white mist
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into