to soothe; to calm; to pacify
especially; particularly; above all; portioning out (servings of food)
don't worry about it; forget about it
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
one revolution; one rotation
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
not knowing what's what; being unable to make heads or tails
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
lightning; flash of lightning; lightning bolt
to seal (e.g. a letter); to prevent (e.g. movement); to forbid; to block (e.g. speech)
stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
lightly; wide (open); gapingly; suddenly; unexpectedly
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
such ... as; or some such
mystical power inherent in words; spirit of language
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
to burn (with jealousy, desire, etc.)
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
to die by the roadside; to die a dog's death
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
to need; to call for; to require
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
(distant) future; future existence; world beyond the grave; future (tense)