decorations; offerings; mere window dressing
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
faith; belief; piety; devotion; godliness
prayer (for something); supplication
attaining Buddhahood; becoming a Buddha; entering Nirvana; going to heaven; resting in peace; dying (peacefully)
to proceed with things; to carry out; to do
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
ascetic monk; trainee monk
to coax; to cajole; to wheedle; to roll up and put into (something); to bundle up
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
practising law; legal processes in running a country; method; way; magic
living flesh; flesh and blood; physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
stranger; person from abroad
shutting tightly; making airtight; sealing hermetically
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
road approaching a shrine
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
home ground; home field; one's haunt; one's stamping ground; one's domain
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
to be inclined to do; to be willing to do
going into battle; departure for the front
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
don't try and tell me that!; don't try that shit on me
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
to be enthusiastic about; to be eager; to be keen
real intention; true motive; true meaning
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air