all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
one's physical safety; personal security
fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
also known as; also called
(measuring) scale; rule; scale; scope; (musical) scale; weighing scale
to ask a question; to ask questions
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
self-evident; obvious; axiomatic; self-explanatory; trivial
to lose hope; to be plunged into darkness
authenticity; credibility
contradiction; inconsistency
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
to distort; to strain (an interpretation); to stretch (the meaning of a word)
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
difficult problem; challenge
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
patriarch; head of a family
final word; voice of authority; authoritative pronouncement
way of speaking; intimation
real intention; true motive; true meaning
rationalist; practically minded person; pragmatist
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
hereditary disposition; temperament; nature; (arch.) body build
one's dearest wish; Buddha's vow to save humanity
to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
faint-inducing; dizzying; overwhelming; mind-numbing; staggering
grand; far-reaching; ambitious
long life; longevity; long-lived; long-running (e.g. TV program)
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
(I am) not sure; (I) can't say which
unapprovable; unable to be confirmed
leader; boss; upper part of a flag; (Okinawa) bamboo poles with an attached vertical flag and an elaborate display at the top that are used during the annual fertility and thanks-giving festivals
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession