value to society; raison d'être; existence value
evaluation criteria; evaluation standard
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
admission fee; fee for having one's fortune told
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide
complaint; troubles; objection; grievance
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
to have one's faults exposed; to have one's secrets blown
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)
(giving) instruction; initiation
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
seal (used in lieu of a signature); stamp; chop
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
to be expensive; to be costly
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
dried candies; dried confectionary; cookies
poor-quality; low-quality; shoddy; low-grade
again and again; repeatedly
entering a faith; joining a religion
sect; denomination; tenets (of a religious sect)
astringency; constriction; collecting (e.g. opinions); putting together; extraction (of taxes); convergence (of light); convergence
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
the end justifies the means; circumstances may justify a lie
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
faith; belief; piety; devotion; godliness
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
beginning; clue; starting point
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life