(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
Zen; entering the path of Zen
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
Kamakura period (1185-1333 CE)
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
ardent; passionate; vehement
physical strength; brute strength; arm strength
should not be; must not be
passions; sexual desire; lust
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
hellish pain; suffering; distress; agony
candid advice; frank advice; honest opinion; exhortation; harsh but honest advice
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
equivalence; equal value; parity; (logical) equivalence
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
one mountain; pile (of something); heap; hump; worst part; large profit
general public; the masses
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
stark naked; nude; bare; unvarnished (e.g. truth); plain (e.g. fact); frank
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
cold; frigid; bracing; dignified
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
selfish; self-indulgent; arbitrary
value; worth; merit; estimation; evaluation; appraisal
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
to be reluctant to do; to hesitate to do; to refuse to do; to be unable to do
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)