serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
being startled; getting a shock
it's not like; it isn't as if
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
hard to deal with; hard to handle; difficult; trying; intractable; incorrigible
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
utmost limits; extremity; limit
to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
large enterprise; big business; large undertaking
frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
profound; deep; grave; solid; dignified; stately
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
at least; at most; (even) just
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband