pursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha; High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court); title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku
Manjusri (Bodhisattva); Monju; Monjushuri; Wenshu
thousand-armed Avalokiteshvara; thousand-armed Kannon
in swarms; in throngs; in droves; in hordes
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
cold; frigid; dignified; distinguished; (of an atmosphere) tense; nerve-racking
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
to speak; to say; to vocalize
series (e.g. electrical); serial
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
to kill one's enemy (opponent)
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
the whole sky; the firmament; the heavens; the empyrean
place; position; location; position; standing; status
especially; particularly; above all; portioning out (servings of food)
morning star; Lucifer; Phosphorus; Venus in the morning sky
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
mercy; compassion; clemency; rufous hawk-cuckoo; northern hawk-cuckoo
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
end; close; conclusion; termination
starting field which contains the November and/or December 20-point card
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
drought; long spell of dry weather
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
to crack; to be cracked; to develop a crack
earth; ground; the solid earth; the (vast) land
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress
fall; crash (of an aircraft)
Antares (star in the constellation Scorpio); Alpha Scorpii
Betelgeuse (star in the constellation Orion); Alpha Orionis
omen; sign; notice; indication
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
to concentrate one's effort (on something)