clearing one's throat; cough
fight; scuffle; walking about; walking around; conducting oneself; stroll (in noh, an action piece involving circling the stage)
to bring into the open; to reveal; to uncover (e.g. evidence); to bring to light
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that
change in appearance; transformation
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
misrepresentation; false statement
spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating
contrived; false-sounding
to disturb; to upset; to ruffle; to stir up; to mess up
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
drama; play; powerful drug
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
invisible writing revealed by applying heat; writing done in invisible ink
to make sacrifices for; to pay dearly for
to strain or exert oneself; to go all out
few decades; many decades; several decades
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
adherence (to one's beliefs) (positive nuance); persistence; sticking to one's guns; standing one's ground
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
God's will; heaven's decree; mandate of Heaven; one's life; one's lifespan
(not so) much; (not) very
in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating
in the background; not standing out
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?