execution; carrying out; performance; lead monk performing various tasks in a temple
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing
joining (a club, organization, etc.); becoming a member; entry; admission; subscription; affiliation
badness; evilness; bad; evil
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
in proportion to; just as much as
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
stone (used for throwing)
many; much; plenty; hardly
to rain incessantly; to downpour
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
to watch for an unguarded moment
shooting; firing; emitting; ejection; projection; injection
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
to gain an advantage; to enjoy an advantage; to turn the tables (on)
survival; survivor; relic
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
leaving to chance; leaving to fate
taking refuge; evacuation; backup (of data)
moving about; stirring about
to dry up completely; to become stale
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
insignificant; inconsequential; trifling; negligible; of little importance
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn