press against / compel, force upon someone

悍ましい: revolting

weigh upon, lie heavily upon, bear upon, press

a good-for-nothing, a bum

万象: all things, all of the universe, every manifestation of nature / 万障: all obstacles / 晩照: / 晩餉: / 晩鐘: evening bell / 番匠: / 蕃椒: chilli pepper

将来: the future / 招来: invitation; cause, bringing about / 松籟: sound of wind through pine trees / 生来: by nature

招来: to invite; to cause, to bring about

end pieces when slicing food such as meat

advance on, close in on, surge toward / to push to one side

the darkest place is under the candlestick; can't see the wood for the trees; people often known little of what happens under their noses; lit. "dark under a candlestick"