alms-giving; charity; offerings (usu. money) to a priest (for reading sutras, etc.); financially supporting one's favorite celebrity (by buying merchandise, attending events, etc.)
monetary offering; offertory
religious organization; religious organisation
first anniversary of a person's death
second anniversary of a death
to enclose; to impound; to cut off; to corral
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
poorly made article; defective article; Gautama Buddha
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; Heian period (794-1185)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
and; thereupon; because of that
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
intimate; carefree; familiar; friendly
peaceful; tranquil; calm; restful
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
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
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
answering machine; answer phone