returning (to the authorities); restoring
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
to breathe (heavily); to pant; to gasp; to live
program (musical, concert, theatrical, etc.); programme
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
to tower above the rest; to be by far the best; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
work in a Zen temple (e.g. cleaning, working in the fields)
to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.) (onto a surface)
light; right; right field; right fielder
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
pit of the stomach; solar plexus
due form; official; formality
government body; government agency
organs of the state; machinery of the state
sincere; earnest; serious