salvation by faith in Amitabha; relying on others; depending on others
disadvantageous; harmful; unprofitable
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
probe each other; sound each other out
impudent; brazen; shameless; bold
treatment as a guest; guest
prohibition on women entering (usu. for religious reasons); no female admission
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth; first speech; inaugural address
year in, year out; always; 24-7
full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
specialization; specialisation; differentiation
mountain god; one's wife (esp. a nagging wife); roughskin sculpin (Trachidermus fasciatus)
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
to get entangled in; to be involved in; to be embroiled in; to get mixed up in
chance (of success); odds
abandonment; giving up; bargain sale; selling off cheaply; edge (e.g. of an architectural member); boundary
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp
the two views (of an object) referring to the same thing; being inseparable like the two sides of an object; two sides of the same coin
it's no joke; gimme a break!
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
encircled flower seal (equiv. of a gold star awarded to children for good work at school)
immortality; eternal life; undeath; undead
immortal; undying; indestructible
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
competition; rivalry; something worth doing
for the present; for the time being; at present; in the meantime