laboratory; testing station; research facility
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
alluvium; alluvial stratum
to become clear; to be made public
small hill; low hill; hillock
excavation; exhumation; digging up; discovery (of a new fact, talent, etc.); finding; unearthing
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
historical; traditional; historic
to take a growing interest in
official announcement; proclamation
sacred precincts; sanctuary; consecrated ground; issue that is regarded as being off-limits; matter that is not up for discussion
the ancients; ancient people
impact; shock; impulse; (psychological) shock
to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire
uneducated; ignorant; illiterate; arhat; person who has attained nirvana
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
possession; ownership; Tibet; Tibetan people
cellar; cave; hole in the ground
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as ...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
sincere; honest; faithful
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
sales clerk (in a merchant house, ranking between the head clerk and an apprentice); shopman; shop assistant
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
second (unit of time); arc second
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
delusion; trick of the imagination
trendy; in; now; currently at ...; now doing ...; in the middle of ...
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
spiritualism; spiritualistic ability; ability to cause psychic phenomena
the front; honest; upright; decent
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for); to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)