beginning; outset; first; onset
illiteracy; ignorance; arhat; someone who has attained nirvana
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
separate matter; different meaning; special reason; special circumstances
(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land); paradise; heaven on earth
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
actual state (of things); real state; live; on-the-scene; reporting live; live coverage
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
to face; to go towards; to head towards
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
explanation (of a text, phrase, etc.); lecture; explanation (in a pompous fashion); (long-winded) lecture; (arch.) storytelling
same; similar; (just) like; equal
difficult to ...; hard to ...
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
beforehand; in advance; previously
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
break in contact; not hearing from; having no communication with
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction