bloodsucking; sucking blood
used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)
wagon; tea wagon; teacart; station wagon; estate car
dirt cheap; very cheap; worthless; lot (in a sale)
price; cost; value; worth; value
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
jewel; precious stone; gem
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
describing; comparing; form; figure; personal appearance; one's face and figure
this (very thing); this precisely
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
incarnation; embodiment; realization; giving concrete form (to)
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
tap; faucet; tapping (on a touchscreen); tap dance; tap (electrical)
proceeding to the capital (Tokyo)
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
site (usu. website); sight; payable on sight
concept; general idea; notion; intention; aim; design
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
appointment (to a position, job, etc.); being used for a role; promotion
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to get (someone) drunk; to inebriate; to intoxicate; to charm; to enchant
heart-wrenchingly; with a thrill in one's heart
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
danger; peril; hazard; risk
fit; spasm; attack; seizure
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste