dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch
the four inevitables in human life (birth, aging, sickness, and death)
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
failure; mistake; blunder
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
remark; statement; discourse
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
(how) many times; (how) often
to puzzle; to perplex; to bewilder; to delude; to mislead; to fascinate
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
established; fixed; prearranged; predetermined
general idea; concept; notion
gauge; standard; length; size; (measuring) rule; scale
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
Shinran (founder of the Jōdo Shinshū sect of Buddhism, 1173-1262)
to sense; to perceive; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
substance; essence; substantive; substantial; in essence; in effect
merger; joining into one; amalgamation; melding; merging; annexation
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
maze; labyrinth; inner ear
wandering; rambling; roaming
being apt to; being liable to; being inclined to
mourning; mourning period; anniversary of one's death
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
dejectedly; sorrowfully; crestfallen
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at)