to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
detergent; cleanser; cleaning agent; washing material
to be bulky; to be unwieldy; to grow voluminous
(nth) power; counter for vehicles; multiplication; Buddha's teachings
thousand-armed Avalokiteshvara; thousand-armed Kannon
(attitude of) being ready to take on a challenge; can-do spirit
characteristic quality; special character; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate
to take (someone) to one place after another (forcibly); to drag (someone) around
never (even in error); never, ever; never, no matter what happens; by no means
sense of values; values; value system
mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect
human emotions (joy, anger, grief and pleasure)
preface; introduction; preamble
episode; anecdote; vignette
to be profitable (business); to pay; to be in the black
claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)
funny story; funny anecdote
priority; order of precedence
carrying on one's back (e.g. baby); piggyback ride
sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment
cackling (sound of shrill laughter)
half; biracial person (esp. half-Japanese); person of mixed parentage
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)
freely; frankly; without reserve
hand-copied sutras; copying of a sutra
mental health; mental hygiene
entropy; entropy (information theory)
study; learning; tutorial
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman