to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
to row a boat; to nod off; to doze off
endless cycle of rebirth through the three worlds of past, present, and future existences
kindness and affection; love
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
to be enlivened; to be exhilarated
to appease; to suppress; to calm
minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough
minutely; in detail; with particular attention
Obaku school of Zen Buddhism
Spain; Spanish (language)
zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)
small; little; fine; pebble
pilgrimage; walking tour; travelling (on foot)
any- (e.g. anything, anywhere, anyone); -ever (e.g. whatever, wherever, whenever); even (if it's just ...); at least; either ... or ...
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
Zen meditation; meditative consultation with the head abbot
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
for dear life; barely escaping alive
hand game (e.g. rock-paper-scissors)
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
weeping; sobbing; softly (crying); with a prolonged dull pain; having a griping pain
crying in sympathy; infectious crying
mass production of inferior goods
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
whiz (e.g. projectile through air); swoosh; whoosh; whistling sound
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors