to make favorable progress, to proceed as expected / to meet a deadline, to be on time

favorable progress / meeting a deadline, being on time

a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

(Buddhism) think on the power of Kannon

sheltered upbringing / person with a sheltered upbringing

(phonetics) long vowel

(traditional Chinese phonology) a guttural onset consonant, any of the group of consonants represented by the Middle Chinese pronunciation the following (母 (literally “mother”) means "base sound"; the character before it is the one that bears the onset consonant): 影母 (/ʔ/), 曉母 (/x/), 匣母 (/ɦ/) and 喻母 (/j/)

(Buddhism, chiefly Shingon) An esoteric Buddhist mantra, directed to Monju Bosatsu (Mañjuśrī bodhisattva)

唵訶訶訶尾娑摩曳娑婆訶: (Buddhism) An esoteric Buddhist mantra (Om! Ha ha ha! O wondrous one, svāhā!), directed to Jizō Bosatsu (Kṣitigarbha bodhisattva)

(of characters) representing sound; phonetic