thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
kiss; squeak (as in the sound made by mice); sound of liquid being sucked up
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
to interfere; to butt in; to interrupt someone
to drive away; to scatter; to rout
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
nesting hole; burrow; den
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
slow; clumsy; stupid; irritating
to kick (into something, e.g. a goal)
from beginning to end; from start to finish; from first to last; end-to-end; all the way through
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
muddy; covered with mud; mud-caked
to crawl out of; to creep out of
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
plentiful; abundant; definitely extant
early on; earlier on; from early
security firm; security company
to make one's rounds; to patrol
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
to become indisposed; to feel unwell; to have one's physical condition deteriorate
to walk away; to saunter off
spiritual plane; spiritual aspect; mental level
care; kea (Nestor notabilis)
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person