bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
to permeate (of a stain, smell, etc.); to become ingrained; to become embedded; to become a deeply ingrained habit; to become second nature
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
while; during; while; although; all; both
roofed corridor connecting two buildings; connecting passageway; skyway; skybridge; skywalk
to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
to stand (up); to rise; to stand (in a position; of a person, tree, building, etc.); to be situated (in, on); to be (in difficulties, the lead, etc.); to put oneself (in a position or situation); to leave (to do something)
black suit; mourning clothes; black-suited staff member (e.g. in restaurant, sex establishment, etc.)
woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
to glare at; to scowl at; to glower at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
unpleasant; revolting; feeling sick; feeling unwell; uncomfortable; annoying
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
discipline; punishment; reprimand
chamber; room; home of a monk; monk; Chinese "room" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
whipping; beating with a whip; whiplash
penny candy; cheap individually wrapped sweets
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)