hardships; privations; difficulties
experienced; veteran; skilled; expert
bhava (becoming, existence)
awareness comes only through practice
contrast; antithesis; comparison
to devise; to plot; to plan
indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating
blindness; blind person; illiteracy; illiterate person; ignorance; ignoramus
hard to figure out; elusive; slippery; vague; subtle
administrative organization
desperation; self-abandonment
wincing; cowering; shrinking; flinching; recoiling
being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery
peace and tranquillity; halcyon times of peace; peaceful world
authority; power; function
Inaba (former province located in the east of present-day Tottori Prefecture)
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
gradual progress; steady advance
to cut out; to clip from; to extract
the whole body; all one's (strength, anger, spirit, etc.)
to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all
supporting; shoring up; promotion; propping-up; jacking-up; manipulation
allied forces; the Allies (e.g. in WWII)
alliance; aimag; league; administrative subdivision in Mongolia and Inner Mongolia
standing; reserve; always having ready
abstract concept; abstraction; abstract idea
living thing; organism; creature; biology
to be astonished; to be amazed
ingenuity; resourcefulness
disposition; temperament; turn of mind; atmosphere; feeling
form; shape; figure; appearance; phenomenon
views; opinion; discernment; pride; self-respect
to put on; to wear; to be used to wearing
background knowledge; prerequisite knowledge