to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
customer traffic; customers; custom
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
after-party; second party (of the night); second meeting
future (usually near); prospects
to begin to catch (attention, etc.); to begin to collect
rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
crash; smash; crunch; bang; breaking sound
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
throughput; processing power
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
gossip; corner of the mouth
trouble; bother; annoyance
to make do errands; to set to scutwork
sense of fulfillment; sense of completeness; sense of accomplishment; sense of contentment
to be able to manage somehow or another
to shade an account; to add something extra
time of departure; (on the) point of departure; just as one is leaving
daily routine; daily work; daily lesson
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
to sweep clean; to brush clean
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
to be urgent; to be pressing; to be imminent
main shrine; inner sanctuary
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
heart and soul; all one's heart; all one's energy
training; drill; practice; practising; discipline