law; rule; regulation; destiny; fate; karma
fetters; shackles; hobbles; encumbrance; hindrance; burden
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
someone who is greatly one's senior; veteran
payment (taxes, fees, etc.); supply (of goods); delivery
bubble on surface of liquid; ephemeral; transient
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition
compatibility; coexistence; standing together
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
to turn completely into; to become completely
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
clearing out people (from room, etc.); ordering people to leave
to hang on to; to hang from; to hound; to keep after (someone); to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
interior design; interior; upholstery
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
help; assistance; service
freedom; free man; free woman
in truth; as it is; as you are; in practice
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
turning point; critical juncture; knot (in a tree, etc.)
to say too much; to go too far
to grudge; to be stingy; to be unwilling to pay
(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
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
sudden windfall; unexpected piece of good luck; (lit.) azuki-covered mochi (fallen) from a shelf
to link (information, accounts, etc.); to associate; to connect
to become covered in moss; to become mossy; to grow over with moss; to become aged; to grow old
moss; short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)
mottled pattern; patchy pattern