to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
vajra (indestructible substance); diamond; adamantine; thunderbolt; Indra's weapon; Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth
the northeastern (unlucky) direction; person or thing to be avoided; (lit.) the demon's gate; weak point; Achilles' heel
visit (to a religious site, e.g. shrine, temple, grave)
inner sanctuary; inner shrine; sanctum sanctorum; holy of holies; place behind main hall of a temple enshrining temple founder, miraculous Buddhas, hidden statues, etc.
stupa; pagoda; wooden grave tablet
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to be helpful; to be useful
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
in order; in turn; one by one
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
ancestor; forefather; foremother
showing one's face in public; facing another person
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
immediately; right away; on the spot
incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva); avatar; embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"); incarnation; personification
(finishing something) suddenly; abruptly
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit
just the other day; quite recently
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
uncertainty; transiency; impermanence; mutability
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome
change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration