pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
female high-school student
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
choosing between two things; two choices
threshold (esp. one with grooves for sliding doors); sill
riding together; sharing a car (taxi, etc.); doing in collaboration; backing of the same candidate by different political parties
working adult; full-fledged member of society
financial power; financial means; wealth
tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity; magnanimity
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
riding together; riding with
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
complete stranger; total stranger
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
large amount of money; great cost
the same generation; coeval
to spit out; to eject; to dump
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
ignorant of the ways of the world
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
without compensation; without reward; without pay; free (of charge)
virtuous mind; good intentions; good will; positive mindset; bona fides; good faith
smelling of fish; fishy; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; worldly; mundane
pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to harm; to cause harm to
committing suicide by throwing oneself in front of an onrushing train
accident resulting in personal injury or death (esp. traffic, rail, etc.)
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
to slap; to strike; to spank
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
conversely; on the contrary
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament