Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father; minister; padre
Buddhist nun; Catholic nun; sister
bhikkhuni (fully ordained nun); Indonesia
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
operation (of a machine); running; driving (a vehicle); use (of capital, funds, etc.); management
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
start; beginning; starting (e.g. a race); departing; starting point
that; the matter in question
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
annual; yearly; year (e.g. of graduation, joining a company); nth year (student, employee, etc.)
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
probability; likelihood; chances
to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for); to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
to die; to ascend to heaven
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is
to seize (someone) by the collar; to grab (someone) by the scruff of the neck; to collar (someone)
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
taking an examination (esp. for entrance to a school or university)
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (of letters)
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
have to (do, be); must (do, be); is indispensable; is absolutely necessary
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
anthropophobia; dizziness experienced in crowded places
swing and a miss; (punching and) failing to make contact; (ending in) failure; fruitless effort
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
absence; disregard; indifference
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to
jumping to a wrong conclusion
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
at full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one