cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
lightly; easily; carelessly
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
worthy opponent; worthy rival; good match
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
senility; dotage; decrepitude
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
innermost secrets (of an art or skill); mysteries; essence; heart
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
such; this sort of; like this
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
proud; boastful; bragging; conceited
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
originally; by nature; from the start
way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
large biceps; well-developed biceps
to strain (oneself); to bear down; to exert oneself; to put on a bold front; to make a show of strength; to swagger
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart
secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)
secret ceremony; ritual; sanctum sanctorum
weight; body weight; importance; weight; emphasis
ingenuity; inventiveness; creative originality
material; substance; matter
foreign matter; impurities
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization