polite; respectful; reverent
polite; courteous; hospitable
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
to consider others' feelings; to sympathize with somebody's feelings
as much as possible; as far as possible; to the best of one's abilities
self restraint; moderating one's behaviour; penitence; confinement to one's home; house arrest
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
hospitalization; hospitalisation
beyond one's control; nothing one can do
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
to be more than one can imagine (esp. of sadness, anguish, etc.); to be impossible to comprehend
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
sacred treasure; the three sacred treasures (sword, jewel, mirror); implement used in religious ceremonies
thought; consideration; fears
aluminium can; aluminum can
to jar; to creak; to grate
involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
nothing but; none other than
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
much less; to say nothing of
all things are causes of sufferings
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
all things must pass; all worldly things are impermanent
(sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor
Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha
while; during; performed in this condition
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
liberation from earthly desires and the woes of man; deliverance of one's soul; moksha; mukti; vimukti
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten thousand undecillion; original; positive
supreme; greatest; highest; best
Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha (5th c. BCE?)
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?")