purification ceremony (performed with water); ritual purification; ablutions
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
gesture; gesticulation; motion
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
attentively; with great attention to detail (e.g. when teaching); patiently
worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
to pitch in and help; to give someone a hand
difficult to approach; inaccessible
surname; family name; last name
(in the) same boat; (sharing a) common destiny
jokingly; in the form of a joke
prudish; strait-laced; boring; square
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
finger; hands and fingers; hands
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
quite clearly; quite distinctly; perfectly; exactly
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
assistant engineer; (telegraph) operator
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
influence (on someone); inspiration
milking; milker; milkmaid
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
heavily laden (of a branch); sagging; drooping; bent low
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
responsiveness; responding; divine response (e.g. to a prayer); divine inspiration; induction (electromagnetism); inducing
to disturb; to upset; to ruffle; to stir up; to mess up