dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
(moral) conduct; behaviour; behavior; deportment
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
Zen; Zen temple; Zen priest
(the path of spiritual) enlightenment
abstruse; occult; mysterious
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
information; experience; knowledge; observation
personal; private; oneself
adherence (to custom, tradition)
China; Han dynasty (China, 202 BCE-220 CE); Han (majority Chinese ethnic group); man
wild rose; bramble; briar patch; obstacle; source of difficulty
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
neglect of health; intemperance
knowing a theory without being able to apply it
what was said; what it means; origin of a story (or tradition, etc.)
to talk; to discuss; to debate; to negotiate
raising (a question); bringing up (a problem); instituting (a lawsuit); (arch.) lifting up
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
advantages and disadvantages; plus and minuses
self restraint; moderating one's behaviour; penitence; confinement to one's home; house arrest
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
villainous; rascally; knavish; (arch.) independent; (arch.) self-reliant
to praise; to extol; to laud; to appreciate; to admire
to study; to complete (a course); to fix; to correct; to conduct (a Buddhist service)
to accompany; to follow; to assemble (necessary items); to prepare
talk; story; conversation
defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
to finish; to complete; to understand