updating a software version; version upgrade; upgrading
implementation (e.g. of a feature); installation (of equipment); mounting; packaging
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
long and narrow; lanky; gangling; spindly
to ask a question; to ask questions
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
(giving) instruction; initiation
statue of Buddha; image of Buddha; Buddhist statue; Buddhist image
to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
from time immemorial; ancient; time-honoured; time-honored
wooden statue; wooden image; wooden idol
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
manual labor; manual labour; manual procedures
one's junior; younger generation; next generation; moving backwards; backing up; reversing
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion
degeneration; retrogression
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
handicraft; industrial art object
Bhaisajyaguru (buddha able to cure all ills)
Asura; demigod; anti-god; titan; demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology
Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku
Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld); Ksitigarbha; Jizō
overlap; duplication; doubling
engineer; technical expert; technician; craftsperson
suitable time; good time; propriety; moderation
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to paint (draw) a picture
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion