vicissitudes; continual change; transmigration; metempsychosis
economic behavior; economic activities; economic act
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
manners and customs; folkways; usage
since then; from that time; ever since
principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva); principal image; idol; the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter
to set up (in high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship
in name and in reality; nominally and virtually; form and contents
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
to contribute; to play a part in; to have a hand in; to finance
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
conception; idea; thought; samjna (perception)
control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition
to be surprised; to be astonished
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
business; trade; operations; sales
acquisition; obtaining; gaining possession; purchase
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
(full-length) novel; long novel
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
literary world; literary circles
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
Imperial Academy art exhibition
foolishness; stupidity; silliness
depravity; corruption; degradation
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)