discontinuation (of business); closing down; giving up (one's practice); retiring
self-torture; masochism; inflicting damage to oneself
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous
alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal
being scattered and ultimately lost; dissipation
usurer; usury; loansharking
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
virginity (of a male); virgin; (Catholic) nun; sister
to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)
unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
reverie; meditation; anxiety; thought; pensiveness
to sift out; to screen or eliminate (candidates)
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
undivided attention; concentration
flounder (esp. the large-tooth flounders of family Paralichthyidae, but also lefteye flounders of family Bothidae); bastard halibut; olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
few decades; many decades; several decades
spring and autumn; spring and fall; years; age; The Spring and Autumn Annals; The Chronicles of Lu
to express (in words); to confess
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
scene; spectacle; sight; view