Vocabulary

racewalking; race walking; walking race

bridge pier; pontoon bridge

fury; frenzy; madness; wildness

angina pectoris

Sukhavati (Amitabha's Pure Land)

continuous service

thing that should be (carefully) avoided; no-no; thing to definitely not do; something forbidden; taboo

neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity

vein of gold

silver (color, colour)

to run; to dash; to race

extermination (of pests); eradication; stamping out (e.g. a social evil)

concreteness; embodiment; expressing concretely

daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision

sudden outbreak; accidental; incidental

instruction; direction; briefing

seizure; confiscation; impounding; sequestration; forfeiture

canal

main hall (of a Buddhist temple); main temple

original stock

basin (e.g. between mountains)

fall of the curtain; end of an act

pillow; bolster

all; everything

lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness

apathy; lassitude; lethargy; languor

anarchy

maze; labyrinth

school for the blind

blindness

fruit of a tree; nut; berry

wicket gate; wooden door

to put back; to return; to give back; to restore (to a previous state, e.g. defrosting, reconstituting, reconciling); to turn back (e.g. clock hand)

night view; night skyline; nightscape

ambition; aspiration

trouble; burden; nuisance; bother; worry

to be helpful; to be useful

history; pedigree; lineage

grand; magnificent; majestic; great; sublime

reserve funds; emergency funds