bright light; hope; bright future; light emanating from a buddha or bodhisattva, symbolizing their wisdom and compassion
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency
contact; connectedness; rapport; mutual touching
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
body; physical system; (the) person
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
drop (e.g. of water); drip
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
mental condition; state of mind; mentality
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
to lie on top of one another; to be in a heap
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
killing a passerby in order to test a new sword
a dime a dozen; two a penny
to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
womanly; ladylike; feminine
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial