senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
fellows; comrade; colleague; one's equal
loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
reservation; putting on hold; deferment; withholding
assertion; declaration; affirmation
corrupt monk; greedy monk; (arch.) liar
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points
to warm up to; to get interested in; to get excited by
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope
mumbling; muttering; complaining (continuously) about something
to vomit; to spit out; to breathe out (e.g. air); to exhale; to spend (e.g. saved money); to cough up
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may
worldly things; common customs; the world; the (common) people; secularity
chapel; building used for worship (in front of the main hall of a Buddhist temple)
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
detectable; noticeable; recognizable; observable
vein (visible under the skin); bulging veins (esp. in the head)
to pause; to have a short intermission
abuse; curse; swearing; insult
ceremony; etiquette; courtesy; (Catholic) liturgy
revision (of text); alteration; change
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
daily routine; daily work; daily lesson
integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis
name; designation; denomination; naming; giving a name
plural; multiple; plural (number)
vexatious; troublesome; complicated
system; organization; organisation; architecture
maintenance; preservation; improvement
classic (work, esp. book); the classics
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)