homely woman; plain-looking woman; female demon
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
lack; deficiency; vacancy; absence; non-attendance
various countries; various regions; various provinces
what was said; what it means; origin of a story (or tradition, etc.)
equanimity; upeksa; upekkha
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
unpreparedness; falsehood; Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
impressions; thoughts; feelings; opinions
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
strength; power; proficiency; ability
arts and sciences; liberal arts
is something that; is that which
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
to end in vain; to be wasted effort
private funds; own funds; private property
Shō clan (royal family of the Ryukyu Kingdom)
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
both; both sides; both parties
political measures; policy
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
one's dearest wish; Buddha's vow to save humanity
drinking party; banquet; feast
account of a dream; fantastic story; wild tale; empty dream
insignificant; inconsequential; trifling; negligible; of little importance
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)