food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
possible; likely; probable
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
war; battle; match; game; competition
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (in go); standard sequence (esp. in a corner); standard move
label (i.e. sticker); label (i.e. record label)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
negotiations; discussions; connection
with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
all doors closed; blocked in every direction; cornered
to chatter pointlessly; to waste one's breath
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin
cheekbones; zygomatic bone; malar bone
drip; fall drop-by-drop; suddenly (of drops of water)
tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; demon; devil
to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel
organ (of body, plant, etc.)
detoxification; counteracting poison; neutralizing poison
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice
prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness