way; method; means; resource; course
propagation (e.g. a religion); proselytizing; missionary work
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
topic of discussion; agenda
to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
image; figure; figure; form; image
chopping block; springboard for discussion; draft proposal; tentative plan
wooden statue; wooden image; wooden idol
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
spirit; sprite; energy; vigor (vigour); fine details; semen
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
carving; engraving; sculpture
painter; artist; drawing pictures; doodling; painting
ambition; aspiration; desire to improve oneself
(religious) piety; faith; devotion
to trouble; to bother; to annoy
grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive
stain; blot; flaw; disgrace
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
something like ...; something called ...
to carry around; to carry on one's person
unthinkable; count for nothing; not matter; out of the question
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
deadlock; stalemate; impasse; dead end
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
point in common; common feature