cane; walking stick; staff; wand
spine; backbone; spinal column
(opening of a) wound; cut
attentively; with great attention to detail (e.g. when teaching); patiently
wounded person; injured person
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; wide open; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); gobbling up
tailoring; sewing; (special) preparation; teaching; training
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
shore; bank (of a body of water)
in public; in company; in the presence of others
emphasis (e.g. placed on a word); stress; tone (of voice)
mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part
loyal retainer; loyal subject
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee
always; constantly; at all times; habitually
to adjoin each other; to sit side by side
itinerant priest; wandering monk; mendicant; clouds and water
itinerant monk; monk on a pilgrimage
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
foster parent; adoptive parent; person who raised one; founding figure; key developer
sutra; Buddhist scriptures
Buddhist name; priest's name (on entering the priesthood); posthumous Buddhist name
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
road over a mountain pass
pure land (esp. the Western Pure Land paradise of Amitabha); (Buddhist) paradise; Pure Land Buddhism
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
surely; certainly; no doubt; must
high priest; highly ranked priest; virtuous priest; priest of great sanctity and learning
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
unexpected; contrary to expectations; unforeseen
attentive to detail; careful; considerate; meticulous; detailed
it is shameful to reject the advances of a woman; shameful is he who spurns a woman's invitation; (lit.) not eating the meal set before him is a man's shame
to know; to understand; to (understand and) accept (a responsibility); to have a knowledge of (a skill, art, etc.); to have a command of
unladylike; unbecoming; immodest; unthinkable; impossible; ridiculous