choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
person concerned; interested party; related party
monastery; convent; cloister; abbey
excellent idea; great insight; clearsightedness; penetration; wisdom
to express sudden recognition and being impressed; (lit.) to slap one's knee
to raise an objection; to voice an opinion different from those of others
spirit; heart; disposition
prudent; thoughtful; discreet
being accomplished in both the literary and military arts; doing well in both school and sports
current master; father of one's current master; minister (of government); noble; (arch.) nobleman's residence
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
euphemistic; circumlocutory; roundabout; indirect
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
millet or rice cake, roasted and hardened with starch syrup and sugar (sometimes including peanuts, etc.)
fruit grown near the tip of the vine (hence stunted and unripe); weak-looking fellow; pale-faced man; pasty-faced man
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
to find fault with everybody; to make oneself disagreeable
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
to admire greatly; to salute (in admiration); to take one's hat off to
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
broken; intermittent; disconnected
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
Last Judgment (judgment of mankind to take place when the world ends, according to various religious traditions)
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
judgement; judgment; refereeing; umpiring; referee; umpire
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
shrill; piercing (scream, etc.)