to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
to stand in (someone's) place; to be in a (certain) position
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility
good and evil; purity and impurity; voiced and unvoiced consonants
joint together; opposite; facing
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
nembutsu; nenbutsu; nianfo; visualizing a Buddha (in one's mind)
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
but; however; provided that
literary history; history of literature
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
arriving in Japan; visiting Japan
manuscript fee; payment for a piece of writing
number of words a person speaks; number of dependents; number of mouths to feed; number of shares, items, applications, etc.
clanging; empty; deserted
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
modern man; modern person; modernist
tonsure; shaving one's head (upon entering the Buddhist priesthood)
article; news story; report; account
innumerable; countless; numberless