Vocabulary

how to use

causing you trouble

use

to dispatch a messenger; to despatch a messenger

envoy

mission; delegation

servant; janitor; messenger

apostolic succession

Acts of the Apostles (book of the Bible)

the Epistles (of the New Testament)

the Epistles (of the New Testament)

apostolic succession

Apostle's Creed

borrowing and reading

rent

shaku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 ml

Japanese system of weights and measures

strict; hidebound; inflexible; being a stickler for the rules; sticking hard and fast to the rules

wooden spoon; ladle; rice scoop

peerage; court rank

to pour drinks for each other; to drink together

to pour (sake); to serve; to drink (together)

taking into consideration; making allowances

exegesis; explanation of a text; commentary on a text

fully satisfied (with an explanation, apology, etc.); happy; cleared of doubt

khakkhara (staff topped with metal rings traditionally carried by monks); pewter staff

early death; premature death; dying young

young chicken on rice

juvenile

inexperienced person; young person; novice; greenhorn

wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)

to miss someone; to miss something; to feel lonely

to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate

loneliness; desolateness

weak person; the weak

weak interaction

to turn down (heat, sound, etc.); to weaken

weakness

to be severely troubled; to be completely at a loss; to be at one's wits' end

to languish