dull; uninteresting; boring; drab
natural calamity; disaster
complete; whole; perfect; safe
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
to spend time (on doing something)
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; breakfast (in Zen temples)
exquisiteness; charm; beauty; advantage; profit; gain
to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor
stinginess; miserliness; parsimony
thing that should be (carefully) avoided; no-no; thing to definitely not do; something forbidden; taboo
property; fortune; assets
king and princes; noble rank
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
but; however; even though; even if
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
wealthy person; millionaire
to judge; to decide; to sit in judgement; to try
(political) power; authority; influence
to abuse; to exploit to the full; to give free rein to
president (of a nation); big man; boss; buddy
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
to be born; to come into this world
duty; obligation; responsibility
to grumble about something (trivial)
degeneration; decadence; deterioration; laxness; corruption
master; masterhand; maestro
enlightenment; instruction
(in) his way; peculiar to him
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
lecture; sermon; preaching; moralizing; moralising
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable
guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room