worship; adoration; admiration; cult
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
clear; clear-cut; lucid; unequivocal; explicit
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
extempore; impromptu; improvised; ad-lib; off-the-cuff; instant
perception; sensing; noticing
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
back street; back alley; off-street
place; situation; position; location
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
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)
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex
terrible; awful; I don't even want to talk about it; without reason; inevitable; that's just how it is
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
throwaway; disposable; single-use
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
chain; chaining; connection; (genetic) linkage
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
again and again; repeatedly
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to draw the line (between two situations); to make a clear distinction; to make it clear where one stands; to take clear responsibility for (mistakes, etc.)