Hotei; Budai; god of contentment, depicted as a pot-bellied monk who carries a large cloth bag on his back
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
creation; generation; formation; derivation
to proceed with; to continue with; to move on; to go forward; to pursue
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
to collapse into; to flop onto
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō
direct unforked road; straight path
excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
split; division; break up
to be able to manage somehow or another
signature move (assoc. with a martial artist, wrestler, etc.); finishing move
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
union; joining; conjugation
to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
joint (knee, elbow, etc.)
well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!
something like that; sort of like that; similar to that; in that vein
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline