to clasp together (esp. hands); to entwine (e.g. fingers)
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
proof; evidence; sign; to testify (usu. Christian religious context)
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
sincerity; true heart; devotion
Asura; demigod; fighting; carnage; sledge (for conveying large rocks, logs, etc.); log slide
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
rice paddy with a thick layer of mud at the bottom; muddy rice field
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes
to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out
pure heart; naivete; innocence
hard to believe; fabulous; unbelievable; incredible
presumably; conceivably; in my opinion; in my view; I think (that); upon thought
to admire a person's courage; to approve of someone's ambition
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; (arch.) to enjoy the beauty of; (arch.) to appreciate; (arch.) to admire
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
libertine; playboy; rake; lazy person
disinheritance; disowning
instructor; tutor (to a prince)
to crimp; to join together; to swage; to calk; to caulk
people are formed by their surroundings; walk with the wise and become wise; associate with fools and get in trouble
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
(not) in the slightest; (not) at all
the lower classes; the common people
common saying; everyday talk; common parlance
up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual
strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough
fortitude; firmness of character; hardihood; manliness
there is a tendency; there is a possibility
only; merely; but; no more than
something like that; sort of like that; similar to that; in that vein