drifting; drift; being adrift
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
climbing to the summit; summiting
work in a Zen temple (e.g. cleaning, working in the fields)
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
whitecaps; white-crested waves; thief
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
best friend; very close friend
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
discord; breaking up (e.g. friendship)
every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person
isolation; being alone; being friendless
deviant; deviate; pervert; weirdo
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
one's last moments; hour of death
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
to succeed in doing; to manage to do; to finish doing
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
to fully understand and agree; to be convinced; to be fully satisfied (with an explanation)
to check; to stop; to keep back
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
self-conceit; self-satisfaction; self-righteousness; self-importance; complacency
extension; elongation; prolongation; Enchō era (923.4.11-931.4.26)
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
to charm; to attract; to fascinate; to entice
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy