effect; efficacy; validity; potency
honour; honor; glory; privilege
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
to call a person's attention (to)
development; exploitation
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
autonomy (philosophy); self-control
flexible; lithe; soft; pliable
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand
whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly
wooden figure; wooden doll; puppet; blockhead; good-for-nothing; fool
how long; how much; to what extent
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
"day of the ghost" (an extremely auspicious day on the lunar calendar for everything but weddings)
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
rite of scattering flowers; glorious death (in battle); heroic death
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
Garuda or Garua (man-bird deity and 'vahana' of Hindu-Buddhist myth)
mask; disguise; guise; mask
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
seven times; many times; seventh (interval)
closing one's eyes; passing away; dying peacefully
dharani; spell; litany; Sanskrit multi-syllabic chant
ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting
triangle; triangular shape
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
semicircular; crescent-shaped; half-moon
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for); to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)
lightweight fabric or clothing; silk gauze; thin silk; Latin (language)
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
meditation; contemplation
108; one hundred and eight; the number of kleshas, worldly thoughts and passions; the sum of 12 months, 24 seasons of the solar year, and 72 'climates' of one year
order; command; life; destiny; fate
occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; season; term; principle