with religious zeal; with utmost devotion; take great care of
scriptural text; scriptures; sutras
to bow; to worship; to receive; to see
deploring; lamentation; regret; complaint
first place; head position; leading position
kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play; kabuki play; kabuki performance; make-believe; ruse
show; exhibition; spectacle
holy of holies; sanctum sanctorum
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
Word of God; God's Word; sword of the Spirit; Logos (i.e. the Trinity incarnate in Jesus Christ)
one's own property; possessions
fate; destiny; predestination
frequent appearance; frequent occurrence
interjection; exclamation
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
place hidden from view; cover; shelter; hiding place
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
miser; niggard; cheapskate
preservation; integrity; conservation; maintenance
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
destructive blast; blowing up; explosion
to crouch; to squat; to cower
debauched; lewd; lascivious; lecherous; salacious; wild
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
young nobleman; scion of a noble family; princely young man; man with an aristocratic air
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
(secret) date; clandestine meeting; assignation; tryst; rendezvous
to visit frequently; to haunt
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
guess; conjecture; surmise
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; (arch.) that's right