winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously
ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price
to creep about; to crawl around
pressing one's hands together in prayer; triangular frame of a thatched roof; yours sincerely; yours truly
to prostrate oneself (before)
a few seconds; several seconds
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
pale; pallid; bluish-white
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
vine; bine; bow; temple arm; connections; contacts
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
entering Nirvana; death (of Buddha, high priest, saint, etc.)
hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
lowness (of degree, value, etc.); inferiority; second volume (of two); third volume (of three)
latter days of the law (one of the three ages of Buddhism); age of the degeneration of the law
every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person
relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
being rampant; being widespread; being prevalent; walking sideways; staggering; striding
nirvana; supreme enlightenment; death; death of Buddha
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
vice; immorality; corruption
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
rough; careless; slovenly; slipshod; rude; impolite
Heian-jingu (shrine in Kyoto)
liking; taste; fancy; wish; desire; choice
residential area; quarter; neighbourhood; neighborhood
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
while looking on in blank amazement; before one's very eyes; before one knew what was happening
to move (to another area, country, etc.); to migrate
panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind