recitation; reciting from memory
point in common; common feature
to order; to command; to appoint
(religious) faith; belief; creed
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
life story; personal narrative; story of one's life
high; noble; refined; advanced
unwillingly; reluctantly; against one's will
contemptuous; disdainful; scornful
to long for; to yearn for; to hanker after; to be attracted by; to be drawn to; to aspire to
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
sick person; patient; invalid
to read aloud; to read to someone
influenced (by); under an influence
longing; yearning; aspiration; adoration
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
unprecedented; never seen before
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
to be clear; to be distinct; to be skillful; to be skilful; to be well-executed; to get cold
to go to extremes; to go to excess; to go too far
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
to hide; to keep to oneself
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream