to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to put someone to work; to make someone work
just past noon; afternoon
free time; time at leisure
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
to mourn for; to grieve for; to condole with (the bereaved family, etc.); to hold a memorial service for; to hold a funeral service for
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?
competition rate; success rate; ratio of successful (applicants) to total applicants
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
hand-copied sutras; copying of a sutra
memories; recollections; reminiscence
to stand under a waterfall (as spiritual training)
conch (esp. Charonia tritonis); trumpet shell
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
sect; denomination; school (e.g. of poetry)
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone
cleaning with a cloth (floors, etc.); dirty work; low-level work; apprentice work
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
Pan (Greek god); bang; boom; crack
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness