bright light; hope; bright future; light emanating from a buddha or bodhisattva, symbolizing their wisdom and compassion
undertaking; underwriting; acceptance
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
tourist information (brochure, map, center)
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
sentiment; sentimentality
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
to resuscitate; to revive; to regain consciousness; to come round
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
having no idea; having no clue
general idea; concept; notion
deep-seated grudge; hatred
to coagulate; to curdle; to be fanatical; to be obsessed with; to stiffen; to become stiff
all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to indicate; to show; to point to
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
debt collection; debt collector
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
broke; poor; short; skint; having no money
over the top; thickly; heavily; richly
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
odd; strange; queer; weird; bizarre
late at night; small hours of the morning
side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; part job (carried out at home); home industry; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending