to fade; to discolor; to discolour; to diminish; to fade (e.g. of a memory)
imperial villa; royal villa; detached palace
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
one's grasp of the situation; knowing how matters stand
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
visitor (to a factory, school, lab., etc.)
to believe implicitly; to believe firmly
dead branch (or twig, etc.); withered branch
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
bad taste (e.g. in clothes); poor taste
eccentric; crank; oddball
Samantabhadra (bodhisattva); Universal Compassion
hokora; small wayside shrine
underground lake; subterranean lake
(sect) founder; apostle; originator; inventor
self-torture; masochism; inflicting damage to oneself
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
pity; sorrow; grief; misery
loss; feeling of loss; Los Angeles
to insist on one's own ideas
within the next couple of days; in a day or two
to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across
faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)
sweet (taste); luscious; sweet (melody, dream, etc.); delightful; pleasant
self-sufficiency; self-containment; autonomy; self-absorption
to get along; to hit it off; to be on the same page; to work well together; to synchronize
comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy
to go out for tea (or coffee, etc.)
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
a sight for sore eyes; seeing something beautiful or precious