to have to wait (for the realization of something hoped for); to be forced to postpone
creeping bugleweed (Ajuga decumbens)
complexion; colour; color; blood red
to take down in notes (meeting minutes, etc.); to apply (concepts, ideas, etc. to specific processes or methods); to drop into something (e.g. a bag); to entice; to lure
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
your body; your health; yourself; you
links; chain; shackle; linking
sense of emptiness; empty feeling; feeling of meaninglessness
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite
of the time; at the time; of the hour; in vogue; sought after
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
all living things; all God's creatures, great and small
cut in the skin caused by a vacuum formed by a whirlwind; mythical weasel-like creatures riding on whirlwinds and inflicting sharp, painless wounds
blinding someone's eyes (to make an escape); smoke screen; distraction; magic (trick); sleight of hand
to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation)
daruma; tumbling doll; Bodhidharma; prostitute
mawashi; belt; mantle; cape; gang rape
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up
to step firmly (on); to harden by treading
armament; soldier's equipment
to make sense; to be meaningful
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
Iron Maiden (heavy metal band)
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
surrender; capitulation; submission; yield
eyesore; offensive sight; offense to the eye; obstruction (to the view of something)
father and child; father and son; father and daughter
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
impossible to knock over; unbeatable; indestructible
persistence; fortitude; indomitability
to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)
language of the natives; local language; native tongue; dialect; patois
concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
dissatisfied-looking; looking discontented
to strangle; to constrict
to faint; to swoon; to be astounded; to astonished; to have a busy time; to be hectic