being elected; being selected (to win a prize, etc.); winning (in a lottery, raffle, etc.)
Śakra (Deva); Shakra; Indra; Shakra Devanam Indra; the king of heaven in Hindu mythology
memorial service for the dead; holding a service
great cause; moral law; justice
to fulfill one's responsibility
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
Shangdi (supreme deity in ancient Chinese religion); God; Shakra (king of heaven in Hindu mythology); Indra
France; French (language)
Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha (5th c. BCE?)
Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku
to achieve enlightenment; to attain enlightenment
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)
something; something or other; something something
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
godparent; first person to give something its name
to leave home; to leave one's parental roof; to leave the nest; to go out on one's own
to aggravate; to complicate; to make worse
comprehension; understanding; enlightenment; spiritual awakening; satori
to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)
left side; left-hand side
Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
rapid development; rapid unfolding
attaining Buddhahood; becoming a Buddha; entering Nirvana; going to heaven; resting in peace; dying (peacefully)
department (faculty) of literature
department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family
postgraduate course; graduate course
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
poisonous snake; poisonous serpent
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
to not understand; to not (quite) know; to be unsure; to be unable to tell
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas