not funny; not a laughing matter; not a joke
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
various evils; every kind of evil; all evils
incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva); avatar; embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"); incarnation; personification
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
understood; I see; OK; present; here
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
(being) by oneself; with no outsiders present
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
complexion; colour; color; blood red
drop (e.g. of water); drip
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
strangely shaped rocks; massive rock of unusual shape
to jump at; to be attracted by
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
doing whatever one pleases
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
particularly; only; in the case of
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
rank-and-file member of staff; ordinary employee; low-grade employee
everyday; always; at all times; frequently
pet saying; favorite phrase (favorite); stock phrase; manner of talking
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to nod one's head; to nod yes; to agree
intentionally; on purpose; deliberately; taking something into account
about when; about what time; how soon