to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect
nature; property; disposition
neither fish nor fowl; hard to predict; up in the air; unclear
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate
early-morning visit to a temple or shrine
(public) peace; stability; tranquillity
prayer (for something); supplication
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
main temple building; nave
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
hoarse voice; husky voice
camp stool; folding stool
white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson
diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer
upper lip; philtrum; under one's nose; mouth
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
appraisal; estimation; evaluation; setting prices
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
difficult problem; challenge
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward
shamelessly; brazenly; coolly; fast flowing (of water)
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
oracle; revelation; divine message
fortune-telling; divination
to be puffed up with pride; to throw out one's chest
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
insignificant; inconsequential; trifling; negligible; of little importance
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to remain in memory (of sounds and words); to linger in one's ears
to tell someone's fortune; to forecast; to predict; to divine
admission fee; fee for having one's fortune told
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor