express home delivery service; express home delivery parcel (box, etc.)
to detain; to check; to restrain
even though it is not; despite not
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva); avatar; embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"); incarnation; personification
body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)
still (continuing); as ever; further
looking like a ...; acting as if a ...
attaining Buddhahood; becoming a Buddha; entering Nirvana; going to heaven; resting in peace; dying (peacefully)
nembutsu; nenbutsu; nianfo; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
doing together (as equals); sharing; common (land, etc.); joint (statement, etc.); cooperation; co-operation
to save trouble; to save effort; to save hassle; to save bother; to save time
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to brave a danger; to take a risk
one's younger brother; underling (e.g. in yakuza); junior male peer; sworn younger brother
cares; ill feeling; reserve
being cleared (doubt, misgivings, etc.); being dispelled; melting away; melting (of ice)
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
an old man's indiscretions
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
decision; determination; resolution
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to apologize; to apologise
difference; discrepancy; variation
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
obstinate; stubborn; headstrong
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
to be born; to come into this world
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
pushing forward (undaunted, bravely); working vigorously towards an aim; struggling on; striving towards
to be hurtful; to resonate emotionally (with one)
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
end of a century (esp. 19th); fin-de-siècle