chanting or reading the sutras
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
to dye; to colour; to color
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
stupa; dagoba; wooden grave tablet
black terracotta; black soil
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.); to shudder; to tremble
to repaint; to paint again; to paint (a different colour); to change completely; to break (a record); to redraw (e.g. the map)
face; looks; countenance; vestige; trace; reminder
to crawl out of; to creep out of
spoiled; half-rotten; decaying
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)
continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to grow; to grow up; to be good at; to excel in
ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
innermost depths of one's heart
to shave off; to scrape off
old age; ageing; aging; old person; the elderly; the aged
rule; domination; direction; management; control (of one's destiny, public opinion, etc.); governing
in the belly; in one's heart of hearts
dark; gloomy; somber; depressing
being actualized; becoming apparent; becoming tangible; surfacing; manifesting
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at