saintliness; great virtue; eminent virtue
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
high priest; virtuous monk; holy man; reverend; venerable
(sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor
Pure Land sect (of Buddhism); Jodo (sect)
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
calmly; peacefully; painlessly; comfortably
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
one may well say so, but ...; even more than
rear gate (esp. of castle); back entrance; (opponent's) weak point; (arch.) force attacking the rear of a castle; (arch.) official in charge of imprisoning offenders
uneven distribution; unfair distribution; maldistribution
personal history; background; career
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
to lure (someone) toward one; to lure (into); to entice
to look down on (someone); to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
tacit; unspoken; implicit
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again
practical use; application; making good use of; conjugation; inflection
spokesperson; speaker (for someone); mouthpiece; voice (e.g. for the ordinary citizen)
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
rule; established routine; standard operating procedure; SOP
leasing (out); renting out; hiring out; letting
nth generation; nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president)
to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up
forbidding mentioning (something to others); imposing silence (on); ordering (someone) to keep quiet; hush money
to fight; to cross swords; to engage in battle; (lit.) to cross spears
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders); lump (in tissue, esp. breast); swelling; lingering discomfort; uneasiness
selflessness; being unselfish
light; light (colour, food, comedy, etc.); right; right field; right fielder
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling
one's habitual practice; usual measure; old trick
be that as it may; even so; though that be so
poverty without selfish desire; honourable poverty (honorable); being poor yet honest
to say; to be pleased to say