dripping; trickling; drop by drop; (arch.) (moving) slowly
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
being filled with; being full of; permeation
younger pupil (of the same master); younger disciple; junior member
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
audience; spectator; spectators
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
influence; clout; leverage
management; administration; operation
repentance; confession; penitence
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
solitude; loneliness; isolation
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
requital of a favour (favor); repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
another's parent; another's parents
war situation; progress of a battle
to pick up; to find; to gather
to add (to what was said before); to say in addition
greatly; very much; thanks a lot
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
towering; astonishingly high