nembutsu; nianfo; the three-word invocation "Namu Amida Butsu" dedicated to the Amitabha Buddha; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)
double extra-large; 2XL; XXL
decrepitude; (being) rickety; (state of) falling apart; looseness (in machinery); play
to ease up; to relax attention
cased; boxed; precious; cherished; girl who has been sheltered from the world; one's special talent
the other day; some time ago; recently
within the year; before the year is out
undergoing treatment (medical); receiving treatment
chopping block; springboard for discussion; draft proposal; tentative plan
mom; mommy; mum; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
dad; daddy; papa; sugar daddy
to grow in intensity; to be aggravated; to get worse; to develop
asleep (in bed); sick in bed
one's long-cherished desire
to be scattered around; to be all over the place
all facts (of a case, incident, etc.)
charming; fascinating; voluptuous
eye color; eye colour; expression (of the eyes); look; countenance
to be reluctant to do; to hesitate to do; to be unable to do; to not be in a position to do
to turn up (of evidence, etc.); to become known; to be arrested; to be caught (of a criminal); to be moved to a higher position (of a body part); to be raised (e.g. of a hand to ask a question)
sexless; nonsexual; asexual; agamic; genderless
androgynous; hermaphroditic
to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum
it's probably so; it stands to reason
(starting) from nothing; from scratch
on the occasion of; at the time of
low spirits; lack of enthusiasm; lack of motivation; low voltage (e.g. circuit); low tension (e.g. current)
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
biological child; one's own child
to be associated (with); to be connected (with)
to freeze; to become frozen; to freeze over
first person to say something; first person to suggest something; person who raised a matter
named after; associated with; connected with
heavenly body; celestial body; astronomical object
winter vegetables; winter greens; tang cai; tong choi; tong choy
ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)
equivalence; equal value; parity; (logical) equivalence
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
appearance of written words; impression given by written letters, characters, etc.; literal meaning (of a piece of writing); superficial meaning; face (of a piece of type)
fortune-telling; divination; fortune-teller; diviner