paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering
tedious; lengthy; overlong; long-winded
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
immortal; undying; indestructible
major war; great war; world war
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
100,000; hundred thousand
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
eternal life; immortality
wherein; therein; thereinto
one or two; a few; small number
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
idea; thought; discretion; forgiveness; pardon
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
Buddhist scriptures; sutras
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
antiquity; the previous era
afterlife; the next world; the world beyond
to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.); to shudder; to tremble
Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha (5th c. BCE?)
World-Honored One (honorific name for Gautama Buddha)
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased
Bon festival; Feast of Lanterns; Buddhist ceremony held on July 15; ullambana