to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
to weaken (of willpower, solidarity, etc.); to lose one's edge; to become less tense; to become lax (of discipline, rules, etc.)
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
universal medicine; cure-all; panacea
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
disclosure; exposure; revelation
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
entry qualifications; joining qualifications
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
to etch into one's mind; to remember well
ritual acts performed under a waterfall
meditation; contemplation
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
crushed flat; flattened; flat-chested girl; sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something
strong pressure; heavy pressure
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam
busy; hurried; yours sincerely; yours in haste; (arch.) simple; (arch.) brief
cold and heat; (degree of) temperature
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
look; glance; sight; summary; list; table
to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill; to hold true
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha