to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to rain incessantly; to downpour
people; men and women; each person; everybody
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
repentance; confession; penitence
good; goodness; right; virtue
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
English holly (Ilex aquifolium)
power; might; authority; influence
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
other party; opposite party; opposing team; one's opponent; one's adversary
advance guard; vanguard; athlete who competes in the first match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
putting into operation; invocation
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
survival; survivor; relic
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
(one's) family; dependents; household; follower; retainer; underling
defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly