to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
quiet conversation; idle talk
if possible; if it is in my power; if it was realistic
nothing but; none other than
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
what kind of; what sort of; what
becoming a monk; entering priesthood
to destroy; to break; to damage
infancy; childhood; tender age
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
to lose; to miss (a chance, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
Buddha's heart; Buddha's mercy
to be infected; to be contagious
rhyme; rhyme (of a Chinese character); rime
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
strange; unconventional; eccentric; odd; odd number
mediocrity; the masses; ordinary run of men
mature; experienced; precocious; mature for one's age
Buddhist; Buddhist priest
groundless fear; thinking too much; making too much of
resentful; bitter; reproachful; regrettable; disappointing; frustrating
difference; discrepancy; variation
warning; admonition; lesson or a phrase that teaches you not to do something
in spite of; despite; although; nonetheless; nevertheless; but
to plead; to beg; to implore; to entreat; (lit.) to cling to (someone's) sleeves
though; although; notwithstanding; while; as; at the same time as
to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish
single-minded; intent; determined; wholehearted; earnest; devoted (to)
dependents; family members that one has to support; encumbrances; things that tie one down
women and children; woman; grown woman; wife
tying up; restraint; restriction; arrest
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much