attendance; participation; presence
honour; honor; glory; privilege
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
time after time; countless times; many a time; dozens of times
exaggerated; extravagant; overdone
only; merely; but; no more than
tactful; adroit; shrewd; clever; smart; affable
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
the same age; same period
to rule; to govern; (arch.) to see; (arch.) to look; (arch.) to watch
to expect; to hope for; to look forward to; to resolve (to do); to decide upon; to prepare for
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
to add (to); to add on; to append
brilliance; luster; lustre; vividness; life
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
evening; last night; yesterday evening
(religious) precept; discipline; commandment; mitzvah
male temple employee (esp. one who does odd jobs)
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
close to the wall; alongside the wall
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
feminine handwriting; woman's hand
rose-colour; rose-color; bright (e.g. life, future, prospects); cheerful; rosy
worship (esp. Christian); adoration; divine service; worship (esp. Buddhist and Shinto)
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
contest; comparison; competition
soon; shortly; nearly; almost
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone