rehabilitation; remaking one's life; rebirth; regeneration; coming back to life; revival
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
to curb; to halt; to apply brakes; to put an end to
equality; impartiality; evenness
once and for all; completely; spotlessly
worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly
dozens; scores of; decades
much less; to say nothing of
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
pollution; contamination; corruption; graft
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
impulsive and straightforward; guileless
it is easier to do something than worry about it; fear overruns the danger; (lit.) it is easier to bear (a child) than to worry about it
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
daring; fearless; intrepid; bold; tough
to become angry or sullen; to take offense; to be miffed; to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly