obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
hegemony; leadership; initiative
to withstand; to be able to endure
resistance; opposition; obstruction; (electrical) insulating coating; insulating varnish
healing item; health item
moribund state; near-death; barely alive condition
directly opposite; right in front
icicle; ice pillar (for cooling a room); (arch.) ice
suddenly; all of a sudden
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
draw (in competition); tie game
to hate the very sight of; to hold a grudge against; to treat like an enemy; to bear constant enmity; to be gunning for; to have it in for
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
visit for no reason; go on fool's errand
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
quick; fast; rapid; swift; prompt; streamlined
abstention; nonparticipation
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
casualties; killed and wounded; human damage
to become fine (of fabric); to be checkmated; to be hard pressed; to be at a loss
deep emotion; impression; inspiration
to be impatient; to be eager; to be restless; to be excited; to be in high spirits
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
at the very beginning of one's speech; the first thing (one) says after opening the mouth
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
preliminary arrangements; spade work
to lose one's mind; to go crazy; to lose one's senses; to lose consciousness
administration of justice
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby
(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence
double suicide; lovers' suicide
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
abandoned mine; disused mine
former site (of something); site (e.g. of a demolished building)
to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try
brethren; brothers; fellow countrymen; fellowman; compatriot
without authority; without reason; unnecessarily; recklessly; indiscriminately