to begin; to set about; to start
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
re-coating (e.g. repainting, respraying, etc.)
if you don't mind; if you like; if you feel up for it; if you're interested
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
mental; mental health; mental state; mental resolve
raw materials; ingredients
Damascus (Syria); Dimashq
to be effeminate; to be a fop; to break into a smile; to grin
to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
to become locked (e.g. of automatic locking)
weakly; helplessly; weak; flimsy; easy to bend
dive (e.g. into water); (underwater) diving; dive (of an aircraft)
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
considerably; greatly; a lot
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
late at night; at a late hour