indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
regular; well-regulated; systematic; orderly
excess or deficiency; too much or too little
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
honor; honour; glory; (arch.) prosperity
wisdom; enlightenment; prajñā (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path); wisdom
rationalization; making (something) conform to reason; rationalization (of a company, industry, etc.); rationalisation; rationalization
uneventfully; without incident; without a hitch; peacefully
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
means; expedient; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious
briskly with small steps; trotting
second person; second-person address term (e.g. pronoun, personal name, kinship term, title); form of address used for the second person
high-handed; domineering; on one's high horse
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
truth; reality; seriousness; truth; printed style writing; star performer
complete devotion; body and soul; one's best
river surface; surface of a river
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
directly opposite; right in front
one side; one party; the other side; one (of a pair); the other (one); the mate
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
freely; frankly; without reserve
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
display window; shop window; store window
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
waking or sleeping; constantly; at all times; twenty-four hours a day
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
autumn, the best season for reading
buying and eating sweets (esp. of children); between-meal snacking