strong wind; high wind; moderate gale
labored breathing; laboured breathing; dyspnea; dyspnoea
sanity; consciousness; soberness
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
irregularity; unsteadiness; disorderly
ridgeline; lines of a mountain ridge
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
concrete; material; definite
solid body; three-dimensional object; multi-storey car park
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
to tilt (esp. head); to lean; to incline; to slant
image of (an ideal) person
Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku
Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha
entering Nirvana; death (of Buddha, high priest, saint, etc.)
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha; High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court); title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory
thought; thinking; contemplation; using wisdom to get to the bottom of things; focusing one's mind; deep contemplation
Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku
bright light; hope; bright future; light emanating from a buddha or bodhisattva, symbolizing their wisdom and compassion
minor; small; minor (key, scale, etc.); the minor leagues (US baseball)
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
opinion; point of view; visual point
to creak; to squeak; to grate; to grind; to rasp
to shake; to waver; to tremble
crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
as of the end of (today, this month, etc.); to make (today, etc.) the last (day)
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)