to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
water; (drinking) water; night entertainment business; nightlife worker; racy; titillating
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)
government service; the bureaucracy
officiating priest; presiding priest at a ceremony; religious teacher; highly-ranked priest; guru; instructor (yoga, etc.)
Buddhist priest; bonze; layman dressed like a priest; person
cross; crossed; cruciform
mark (for quick identification or recognition); sign; landmark; guide; (arch.) trademark
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
front garden; front yard; vestibule (of the ear)
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly
to cover fully; to wrap around
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
entirely; completely; all; nothing but
to give an impression; to make an impression
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
to bring back; to restore
thereupon; shortly thereafter
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
study; pursuit of knowledge
isolation; being alone; being friendless
small room; closet; cubicle; booth; stall
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
cutting one's hair before entering a monastery; tonsure
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)