(Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary
ritual purification; cleansing of crimes, impurities, etc.
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
prayer; grace (at meals); exorcism
waterway; canal; channel; swimming pool lane
small; fine; detailed; stingy
to write down one after another; to enumerate; to list; to write at length; to write on and on; to go on writing
drone; unmanned aircraft; drone
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; frightening
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to carve into; to cut into; to engrave into; to inscribe
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
pseudo; quasi; artificial; simulated
hibernation; winter sleep; brumation; torpor
to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce; to bring about; to cause; to produce (e.g. results)
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
running water; flowing water; stream
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
to rinse; to wash out; to have one's revenge; to wipe out a disgrace
group; (free) radical; counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)
because of; on account of; about; on; per; for every
to shut in; to confine (in); to seal in; to contain; to suppress; to restrain
the whole area; the entire region; all parts (of); the whole field (of study); every field; the whole gamut
face; looks; countenance; vestige; trace; reminder
to seal (e.g. a letter); to prevent (e.g. movement); to forbid; to block (e.g. speech)
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
(arch.) towering; (arch.) lofty; standing out without the influence of others; in splendid isolation
to lie; to pretend; to feign; to deceive; to trick
deviation; departure; (accidental) omission
samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); being reborn; reincarnation
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear; to be dispelled
languid; weary; listless; melancholy
other people's affairs; someone else's problem
brethren; brothers; fellow countrymen; fellowman; compatriot
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
to melt (of a metal); to fuse
thought; thinking; contemplation; using wisdom to get to the bottom of things; focusing one's mind; deep contemplation
becoming turbid; becoming muddy; becoming muddled (of thoughts, senses, etc.); growing dim (of consciousness); disorder; chaos
to break into fragments; to go to pieces
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle