the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; standstill; stalemate
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
work in a Zen temple (e.g. cleaning, working in the fields)
spine; backbone; spinal column
to clamber; to climb with hands and feet; to crawl up; to creep up
chill; the shivers; shivering fit; cold; coldness; cold air
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
daily rip-off-a-page calendar; daily pad calendar
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
to tear up and throw away
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
beriberi; tearing off something stuck on the surface of something else (e.g. duct tape)
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
to take a breath; to take a short rest
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
weird; disgusting; sickening
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
many; varied; all sorts; crowded; large (e.g. helping)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before
hospitalization; hospitalisation
indicates means of action; cause of effect; by
tiger (feline, Panthera tigris)
and; thereupon; because of that