to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha; High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court); title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory
also known as; also called
incoherent; wandering; vague; rambling; whimsical
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
never mind!; don't worry about it
maze; labyrinth; inner ear
24 hours; twenty-four hours
close coverage (of an event, celebrity, etc.); close reporting; total coverage
just past noon; afternoon
lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth
to dismiss (an employee); to discharge; to divorce one's wife; to give a holiday; to give vacation time
scandal; deplorable event
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)
green youth; immature youth; novice; greenhorn
had better ...; may as well ...
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
absentmindedness; dreaminess; simpleton; fool
hell on earth; living hell
puppet; marionette; puppeteer; (arch.) prostitute
to wind (e.g. a watch); to give (somebody) a good prodding; to make (somebody) shape up
wooden figure; wooden doll; puppet; blockhead; good-for-nothing; fool