document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
consent; agreement; acceptance; understanding; satisfaction (e.g. with an explanation); being convinced
to beg; to ask; to request; to pray; to wish
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
languid; weary; listless; melancholy
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
talking while standing; standing around talking
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
to be open (to traffic); to lead (to); to flow (of a liquid, current, etc.); to pass (through); to be conveyed (of an intention, meaning, etc.); to be understood (by); to be well versed (in)
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
genealogy; lineage; family tree; pedigree
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
woman; female; feminine gender
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
grandfather; male senior-citizen
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
legitimate son (esp. eldest son); heir
extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)
example; instance; precedent; custom; habit
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier