preliminary arrangements; spade work
trespassing; intrusion; to barge into; to burst into; to trespass
drama; play; powerful drug
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; in a whisper
slightly bitter (taste); bittersweet (memory, experience, etc.)
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
vigorously; with great force; energetically; enthusiastically; with spirit
edge (of a river, woods, etc.); shoulder (of a road); rim; brim; fabric border (of a tatami mat, etc.); edging
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
self-consciousness; self-awareness
a little; a bit; slightly
transcendence; excellence; superiority
probability; likelihood; chances
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
something or other; somehow
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
loop; band; loop (programming); loop (railway line); time loop; temporal loop
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
time appointed for meeting (assembling); time one is supposed to meet
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
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
physical work; manual labour (labor)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
triangle; triangular shape
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
konpeitō; small coloured sugar candy covered with tiny bulges