salvation by faith in Amitabha; relying on others; depending on others
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; nimbly; alertly
advance; moving forward; progress
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
victory goes to the one who makes the first move; being quick to take action leads to victory; the early bird gets the worm
simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
getting poised again for charging; toeing the mark again; starting again; getting a fresh start; going back to square one
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
to rebound; to recoil; to splash; to have a repercussion; to have a reciprocal effect
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
to be squashed by; to be pinned under
soft; fragile; weak; poorly built; insubstantial
according to (depending on) the mood of the moment; as one's fancy dictates
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
to pant; to gasp; to be short of breath; to be excited
to wear one's hair up; to arrange one's hair
Japanese clothing; being dressed in a kimono; Japanese-style bookbinding
extremely cold feeling that makes one feel numb; sharp pain that is almost numbing; heartrending; touching the heart
nape (of the neck); nucha
to arrange beforehand; to make a sign to each other; to conspire
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
a cappella; unaccompanied choir or choral work
to be cured; to be healed; to cure; to heal; to rule
to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to lob (e.g. grenades)
substitute (e.g. actor); substitution; stand-in; double
characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
logical connection; chain of reasoning; coherence; blood vessel
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
(arch.) wild boar; infant wild boar; pig
completely; fully; entirely
clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright