to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
occupation; profession; job; vocation; career; trade
life circumstances; lifestyle; (family) finances
philanthropic work; charitable enterprise
way of the Buddha; Buddha's teachings
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
distinction between right and wrong; distinction between good and bad
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to increase; to add to; to augment
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
new (residential) area (esp. built on reclaimed land during the Edo period); newly-opened region; red-light district; newly-acquired territory
enclosure; fence; storage (of fruit, vegetables, etc.); partitioned area of a room for conducting tea ceremonies; mistress; castle
smelling of fish; fishy; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; worldly; mundane
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
rest area; rest stop; service area (next to a highway); service station; parking area
to encamp; to take up positions
uchiwa; type of traditional Japanese handheld fan
cool breeze; cool air; refreshing coolness
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
while (one is at it); when; on the occasion of; at the same time (as); on one's way (to); by the way
whim; caprice; vagary; eccentricity
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
approval; approbation; endorsement
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
complete ruin; collapse; losing (something) completely (e.g. face)
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to drive in (a nail, stake, etc.); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into; to shoot into; to input (data)
unnatural death; accidental death; violent death
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side by side; to make (someone) get married; to get (someone) hitched
execution; carrying out; execution; lead monk performing various tasks in a temple