wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
mattress; mattress pad (under a futon)
interference; intervention; meddling
insight; discernment; perception; perspicacity; acumen
to have both; to possess both; to combine with
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly
memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
to be in danger of; to be liable to
there's no other way; there are no other options; there are no alternative means
most of all; extremely; supremely
enshrinement; installation (of an image)
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
to take the time (to do); to set aside time (for)
on the sea; surface of the sea
irrigation channel; irrigation ditch; irrigation canal; flume
dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point
(water-filled) paddy field
golden; gold-colored; gold-coloured; honey-colour
pair of compasses; compass (for drawing circles, etc.); (mariner's) compass; legs; step
bearing; heading; point of the compass
present location; current location; "you are here" (on map)
to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash
to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
it hasn't been long since
(in) his way; peculiar to him
oblong; vertical writing style (e.g. on envelopes); portrait orientation