clerk; secretary; writing down; putting on record
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
sorcery; black magic; netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
auditor; auditing student
future (usually near); prospects
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
without an occupation; unemployed; jobless
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
of great promise; with a promising future
shabby; dull; cheap; lackluster; uninspiring; depressing
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
(a) touch of; tinge of; wreath (e.g. of smoke); one stroke; one brush
miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless
to feel; to sense; to experience
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
that is to say; so that means
in the end; at the end of the day
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana; (in Indian philosophy) means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
many children; large family
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
such; like that; that sort of; very
in that way; thus; so; so?
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to