charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
fearfully; timidly; cautiously; nervously
Laputa (flying island in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift)
insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; anyway; as you know; for you see
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other
obvious; (as) clear as day; plain to see
once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime
progress; advance; improvement; development
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; pointless exercise; waste of time; (something that is) too little, too late; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone
ability; performance; efficiency
armoring; armouring; armor; armour
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
quenching; hardening; tempering
to get on a horse; to mount a horse
great erudition; extensive knowledge; vast stock of knowledge
to nail (to something); to nail down; to bang (e.g. one's head); to knock; to throw (at a wall, on the floor, etc.); to fling (at)
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
fully armed; armed to the teeth
the place for; the time for; the level of
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
metal plate; metallic plate
another day; some other day
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
to be away from home; to be out of the house
daily routine; daily work; daily lesson
to take the time (to do); to set aside time (for)
samue; monk's working clothes
(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep
to put on armour (armor); to wear armour; to arm oneself; to wear; to cover
vermilion lacquer (made by mixing vermilion into clear lacquer)
purple; violet; purple gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon); red gromwell; soy sauce