helmet; hard hat; protective headgear
opaque; obscure; opacity; obscurity; unclear; unpredictable
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
future (usually near); prospects
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
kurin; nine vertically stacked rings on a pagoda finial
exposure; laying bare; baring (e.g. skin); (photographic) exposure
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
genuine article; real thing; real deal
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly
honorific/polite/humble prefix
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to lie on one's back with legs outstretched; to recline; to get cocky; to be arrogant
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
cannabis (Cannabis sativa); hemp (plant); hemp (fiber); linen; flax
please (give me); please (do for me)
other side; opposite side; other party
taking no notice; ignoring; not even looking at
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because