to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
number one; first; best; most; game; round
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
process; course; mechanism
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
source (of a transmission, broadcast, etc.); point of origin
visitor (to a shrine or temple)
Shinto priest; chief Shinto priest (of a shrine); Welsh onion; pun in Buddhist monk jargon
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
genuine article; real thing; real deal
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
escaping from prison; jailbreak
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
three; three years of age
all you want; as much as one wants
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt