to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish
disregarding; taking no account of; ignoring; overlooking
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
that's a different matter; that's a different story
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
salvation by faith in Amitabha; relying on others; depending on others
temporary; transient; trifling; slight; negligent
limited; limiting; restrictive
natural phenomenon (phenomena)
descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany; arrival (of an important person); appearance
relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
human intellect; knowledge
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
to flatter; to curry favor with; to curry favour with; to flirt with (woman with a man); to make eyes at (a man)
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
vice versa; also the converse; reverse is true
equality; impartiality; evenness
to prostrate oneself before
fabrication; put-up job; trumped-up story; frame-up; hoax
tall story; tall tale; cock-and-bull story
it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
paranormality; anomalous phenomenon
advance payment; money paid in advance
towering; astonishingly high
to show mercy; to show sympathy; to have compassion; to be kind
sincere; earnest; serious
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
selfish; egoistic; self-serving; self-interested
conducting oneself properly; right conduct; doing the right thing