lotus flower; Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); china spoon; lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone
(United States of) America; USA
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
blowing repeatedly (e.g. to cool something down); huffing and puffing; puffing and panting; struggling (with work, studies, etc.); having difficulty
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
by itself; automatically; naturally
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; breakfast (in Zen temples)
to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat
kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
moderate; proper; just right
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
literally; to the letter; literal
particularly; only; in the case of
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
polite; courteous; hospitable
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
automatic; intransitive verb
electricity; (electric) light
to cut into (a conversation); to interject