rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
possession (by a spirit, etc.); dependence; depending on
make-up; get-up; disguise; costume
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
audience (with a person of high standing); eye-level
to appease; to suppress; to calm
founder; originator; pioneer
to make an appearance; to show up
eleven-faced Avalokiteshvara; eleven-faced Kannon
Bhaisajyaguru (buddha able to cure all ills)
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
that is to say; so that means
prediction; prophecy; prognostication
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
oracle; revelation; divine message
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
blood vessel; blood relationship
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
declaration; statement; assertion
to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging