main hall (of a Buddhist temple); main temple
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
construction; building (e.g. a house); communal construction labor (in Zen Buddhism); building with the help of many people (e.g. a temple or shrine)
feeling; sensation; tentative; rough; interjection
to place in a row; to line up; to range in order; to list one after another (e.g. excuses, reasons, complaints); to rattle off (e.g. lies, compliments); to reel off
(personnel) change; transfer; relocation; reassignment; reshuffle
beginning; opening; start; outset
different opinion; objection
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
not yet fixed; undecided; pending; TBD
omen; fortune; effect (e.g. of prayers; as the result of intense training); efficacy
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
strained (argument, interpretation, etc.); farfetched (theory, view, etc.); forced; laboured; twisted (reasoning)
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
inviolability; nonaggression; sacredness
any more; anymore; any further; any better; any longer
to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to establish
era; CE (Common Era); AD (Anno Domini)
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
Buddhist center for study and meditation; monastery; temple; Danrin style of haikai poetry (playful and oriented to the common person); Danrin school (of haikai poetry)
to work (for, at, in); to be employed (at); to finish (a term); to serve (e.g. a sentence); to conduct (a ceremony); to perform (a Buddhist memorial service)
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
to cling to (e.g. old customs); to adhere to; to get used to; to become accustomed to; to linger (on); to progress slowly
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
neighbourhood; neighborhood; all sides; frontiers (of a country); four sides (of a shape)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to try to do; to attempt to do
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated
to devise; to plot; to plan
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank
quiet; peaceful; tranquil
personification; impersonation; embodiment