like a decent person; human
long-awaited; much-awaited
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
stagnation; hindrance; delay
centripetal force; unifying force; cohesive power
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
moving forward (e.g. plans); acceleration (e.g. of payment schedule); front-loading
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
ikebana; Japanese art of flower arrangement
colorless and transparent
toxicity; virulence; toxic; virulent; poisonous
human realm; world of humans; terrestrial world
to be unsteady; to reel; to shake; to waver; to be unsettled (feelings, thoughts, etc.)
lisping; poorly expressed; unclear (wording); imprecise (expression)
to disappear; to vanish into thin air
vine; bine; bow; temple arm; connections; contacts
sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; watcher; spectator
main temple building; nave
selflessness; self-effacement; self-renunciation; anatta; anatman; doctrine that states that humans do not possess souls
feeling of emptiness in the stomach; sensation of hunger
to wither completely (of a plant); to dry up completely; to drop all its leaves
to tire of; to lose interest in; (arch.) to be satisfied; (arch.) to enjoy; (arch.) to do adequately
hell on earth; living hell
(an) unknown; unknown number; variable; unknown quantity; not yet known
the other day; some time ago; recently
intermediate student; intermediate learner; intermediate practitioner
ending without incident; being successfully brought to completion; finishing something without a hitch
to be collected; to be gathered (e.g. mushrooms, etc.); to be harvested; to be able to collect; to be able to mine
condition; state of preservation