refinement; elegance; grace
ordinary; in the past; usual; regular
dwelling; house; residence; address
property; fortune; assets
parents and siblings; one's relatives
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
circumstances; one's situation or lot in life
heartache; ache in one's heart; emotional pain
(public) peace; stability; tranquillity
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
to make merry and forget one's troubles; to do as one pleases
bank (river, lake); (arch.) pile; (arch.) heap
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
liberation from earthly desires and the woes of man; deliverance of one's soul; moksha; mukti; vimukti
Buddhist saint; man of high repute; guest of honor; guest of honour
with a clink; with a flop; suddenly; all of a sudden
not folding on a stitch but placing the fold (2mm) deeper past the stitch, folding the excess back to cover the stitch
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
Nandikesvara (Ganesh in the Buddhist pantheon)
Chandra (Hindu moon god also revered as one of the twelve devas in Shingon Buddhism); (arch.) moon
form; situation; condition
lifting a girl's skirt; flipping up a skirt
(arch.) offering (to the gods, emperor, etc.); gift; sacrifice
to travel all over; to be active in places widely apart
thief; robber; burglar; bandit
water's edge; beach; shore
water's edge; shore; waterside
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
to stand under a waterfall (as spiritual training)
top of the head; vertex; parietal
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time