弥 - all the more, increasingly

third month of the lunar calendar

Amitabha (Buddha); Amida

(Catholic) Mass

ending up right back where one started

Mount Sumeru (believed to be the centre of the Buddhist world)

Namu Amida Butsu; Hail Amitabha Buddha; Homage to Amida Buddha

Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku

Sukhavati sutra

to become still greater

prosperity; prospering; flourishing

comical pair; pair of buffoons

patching up