restoration; recovery; rehabilitation; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
to look at from the outside; to view from an outsider's perspective; to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
halfway; midway; partway; mid-course
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
moderate; reserved; modest; temperate; restrained; low-key
right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
lotus flower; Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); china spoon; lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone
to scoop; to ladle out; to trip up (e.g. someone's legs)
to stand up; to get up; to recover; to regain one's energy; to (stand up and) take action; to rise up (against); to rise (from a crouch) and make the initial charge
to get thin; to taper off
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
Nicolai; Nicolais; Nikolai; Nikolais
church; chapel; synagogue; tabernacle
four times; four-colour process printing; CMYK printing
long-cherished desire; Amida Buddha's original vow
to tremble; to shiver; to shake
(head priest of) temple formerly led by founder of sect; temple in which resided a member of nobility or imperial family; (head priest of) Honganji (temple in Kyoto)
sermon; preaching; homily; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
hell realm; Naraka; Hell; hell; misery; place where a volcano or hot springs constantly spew smoke or steam
Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth
palace; hall; shrine; temple; hall of fame
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
state of mind; mentality; psychology
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
solitarily; in a lonely fashion; all alone; by oneself
precipitation; deposition; settlement (e.g. of sediment)
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
(sense of) taste; counter for kinds of food, drink or medicine
fully; luxuriantly; fluffy; plump; soft and full
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
having said that; on the other hand; (but) then; (but) still
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
weather; fair weather; fine weather
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill