thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; breakfast (in Zen temples)
conversion; shift; about-face; switch
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
mother-in-law; foster mother; step mother
connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction
to be a match for; to rival; to be equal to
very rare; very unlikely (to happen); scarcely; seldom; improbable; almost never (occurring)
inner citadel; core; center; centre
drawing; painting; picture
to find (after searching everywhere); to locate; to discover
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
fear; dread; fright; willies
foolhardiness; recklessness; savage valour; savage valor; brute courage
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens
quickly; calmly; intently
making a swift decision; making immediate decisions and taking quick actions
hellfire; flames of hell; raging fire; large fire; fire that consumes an evildoer
leader; chief; head; (another person's) head
headlong rush; rushing recklessly
easy to do; apt to do; prone to do; liable to do
survival; remaining; being extant; being left
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
destruction; collapse; crumbling
(terrorist) suicide bombing
it's not like; it isn't as if
something that will last a lifetime (esp. high-quality products)
bedside; near one's pillow
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy
to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits
memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir
snivel; nasal mucus; snot
to sniffle; to snuffle; to sob
half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality
to stop oneself from crying; to hold back tears