sunlight; sunshine; Nikkō (city in Tochigi); Suryaprabha (bodhisattva)
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
stability; steadiness; consistency; stable
person who enlivens an atmosphere; person who lifts the mood of others; person who inspires a team; life of the party
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
to recover; to rally; to improve; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to shift (a bag, etc.) from one hand to the other
professional; pro; program; production; proletarian; proletariat
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
coffee cup; spinning teacups (amusement ride)
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
whereabouts; what part; how much; what point
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
hold; catch; connection; relationship; unease; discomfort
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
I've got to be going; I must go
fee; charge; rate; material
usage time; utilization time
to differ depending on ...
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
grasp (of the situation, meaning, etc.); understanding; control; hold; grip
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
(Shinto) shrines and (Buddhist) temples
to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return
avatamsa (flower adornment, as a metaphor for becoming a buddha); Avatamska sutra; Kegon (sect of Buddhism)
family vacation; family trip
to liken to; to compare to; to pattern after; to model after; to imitate
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling