one's own handwriting; autograph
formal; courteous; ritual; ritualistic
performance (e.g. music, dance, pantomime, etc.)
spectators; onlookers; members of the audience
last night; yesterday evening
absence; disregard; indifference
to be too numerous; to be too much
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
to step forward; to take a step forward
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
elaborate; delicate; exquisite
lapis lazuli blue; bright blue; azure
right side; right-hand side
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
rank; ranking order; hierarchy
to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
to sit in a row; to be arrayed
powerful person; influential person
one clap; one beat; one mora (taken as a unit of time)
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
pasturing; letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked
our country; our land; one's own country
very great; enormous; serious
to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend
great cause; moral law; justice
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant
human kindness; human weakness
arguments for and against; pros and cons; mixed reception; mixed reviews
nothing but; none other than
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender