entreaty; supplication; petition
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
rest; break; recess; intermission
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to choke; to have trouble breathing
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
introduction; bringing in; leading in; installation
rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
to be needed; to be wanted
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)
Zen stick (used by a Zen priest to strike an inattentive Zazen sitter); warning stick (Rinzai Zen); encouragement stick (Soto Zen); horsewhip
Buddhist priest; monk; son (of others)
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
to suppress one's emotions
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
to be on edge; to get nervous; to feel tense
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
time; thyme; time out (e.g. in sport)
twosome; duo; pair (of criminals)
to give one's everything; to make one's best effort; to be enthused; to put your back into it
no concern of mine; nothing to do with me
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
to lie down; to throw oneself down
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
height of; middle of; full bloom
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)