use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
double-edged; double-edged blade
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
comprehensive; composite; all-embracing
other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); incarnations of Buddha
for the present; for the time being
in the mountains; among the mountains
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
development; exploitation
addition; annexation; appendage
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
(professional) storyteller; hereditary role of narrator in early imperial court
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
to smear with blood; to kill
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
early on; earlier on; from early
cultivation of aesthetic sensibility; education in good taste
life and death; life or death
all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent
aggressiveness; aggression
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
belief; faith; conviction
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find