tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; demon; devil
cruel treatment; raw deal; kick in the pants
founder of a religious sect
government office; agency; board
ministry; department; province (of China); saving; conserving
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
unexpectedly; surprisingly
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
about; concerning; related to; -ish
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
question; inquiry; enquiry
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
fact; truth; reality; in fact; actually
innocence; being not guilty
to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
stew (esp. Japanese cream stew)
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
to be wrapped up (e.g. in a blanket); to cover oneself
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that)
soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)
lasciviousness; lechery; salaciousness; lust; sensuality; lewdness
to become greasy; to become oily; to be loud and garish
to turn yellow; to become tinged with yellow; to yellow (with age)