without intermission for ten (long) years; with constancy of purpose for ten (long) years; in the same old rut for years on end
(religious) faith; belief; creed
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
oddity; eccentricity; peculiarity
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
it is not (like that) either
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
side; beside; feature of a sword blade
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous
without; but if; otherwise; or else
(Judeo-Christian) Sabbath
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to lose sight of; to miss
inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
sect; denomination; school (e.g. of poetry)
to make a distinction; to differ; to be different
small room; closet; cubicle; booth; stall
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
water and sky; Varuna; Vedic god of water and sky (adopted into Buddhism as god of water and protector of the west)
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.