faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
patronizing; expecting gratitude in return; acting like one is doing someone a favor; condescending
paying back a favour; repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)
free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger
memory; sense; experience
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
boisterously; roughly; briskly
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
guidelines for action; personal principles
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
request; appeal; claim; purchase
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward; after a brief interval
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
therefore; thus; well, then ...; that's right; indeed; (arch.) ... on earth?
continuance; survival; persistence; retention; duration
wholly (due to); entirely; solely; earnestly; intently; sincerely
overflowing; flood; inundation; oversupply; plethora; abundance (esp. of something undesirable)
to shut in; to confine (in); to seal in; to contain; to suppress; to restrain
saviour; savior; messiah; Messiah; Jesus Christ
abhorrent; abominable; detestable; ominous; inauspicious; unlucky
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
unselfish; selfless; disinterested
(young) girl; maiden; young lady
first generation; founder
as a child; when one was a child
to be told or made to hear something so often that you (metaphorically) get calluses on your ears
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
to join forces; to cooperate
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
to revere as a god; to worship as a god; to deify
legend; folklore; tradition
contradiction; inconsistency
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to lie down; to throw oneself down