elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
hollow; cavity; sunken place; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) female genitalia
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun); Indonesia
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
society; the world; the times
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
roaming; drifting about; wandering
everywhere; everywhere one goes; wherever one goes
acquaintance; appreciative friend
to stop walking; to pause
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
garden soil; soil used in a garden
between the leaves; through the leaves
clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
neighbourhood; neighborhood
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
to stop talking; to be silent
speaking voice; talking voice
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
reading (a text) aloud without trying to understand it
intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
feminine; womanly; female
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool
small room; closet; cubicle; booth; stall
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
approximate age; age range
ten; 10; ten years of age
young girl; lass; adolescent female