Jōdo Shinshū (offshoot of the Jōdo sect); True Pure Land School
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
excuse; explanation; justification; defense; defence
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
to be in the firing line; to bear the brunt of (an attack, criticism, etc.); to face (e.g. questioning)
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act
successor; replacement; second wife
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
appointing to a responsible post; making much of
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
nightlife districts; drinking districts
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
tottering steps; drunken staggering
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
company president; manager; director
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
to give up on; to turn one's back (on); to abandon; to forsake; to dump (e.g. romantic partner)
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi); coixseed; tear grass; adlay