bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
manners; courtesy; etiquette
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
look; glance; stone (in the game of go)
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
reading (a text) aloud without trying to understand it
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
to use (as a tool) for one's own advantage; to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered
casual; indifferent; nonchalant
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
aftertaste; later (in line or in turn, etc.)
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
to take a position (e.g. on an issue); to adopt a stance
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
comfort; consolation; diversion
sympathy; compassion; pity
(verbal) abuse; abusive language
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
large prize (e.g. in horse racing); generous reward
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
distinction (e.g. between right and wrong, public and private, etc.)
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
vista; view; scene; counter for scenes (in a play)
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
outsider's perspective; as seen by an observer
looking aside; (from the) eyes of an onlooker
with a click; with a snap
shivering (with cold); trembling (with fear); shuddering
to be sore; to be inflamed; to be bleary; to be dissipated; to be dissolute; to indulge in
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous