used to indicate respect for the listener (or reader)
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
to be helpful; to help; to be of assistance; to come in handy
timidity; cowardice; prudence; pedantry
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter
older sister; elder sister
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
to be grateful; to feel grateful; to be thankful
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive
worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
long (time that has passed); old (story)
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
in front of one's eyes; just nearby; within a stone's throw
silence; stillness; quietness
chief priest (of a Buddhist temple)
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
second generation; second; junior
(arch.) youth; (arch.) freshness; good omen; Sweden; Switzerland
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
sufferings; ordeals; agony; Passion (of Christ); crucifixion
raging waves; stormy seas; hardships; troubles; adversities
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
arrest; apprehension; capture
thief; robber; burglar; bandit