fullness; completion; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
crestfallen; dejected; shriveled (like a slug sprinkled with salt)
guts; pluck; nerve; spirit
be absorbed in deep thought; be sunk in thought
what do I care; oh well; what will be, will be
throbbing (pain); pounding; stinging
to cut; to slit; to slash
crash; smash; crunch; bang; breaking sound
feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
exposing fully; uncovering completely; being in full view; putting on display; not disguising
looking on with surprise; surprised and changing one's expression
temple kitchen; monastery kitchen; quarters of a head priest (and his family)
100,000,000,000; hundred billion; many
(for one's stomach) to rumble
with a clunk; with a clank; the sound of a sudden decrease (in profits, vigor, etc.)
extrasensory perception; ESP
terminal symptoms; sign of the approaching end
to agree on; to agree about
putting a plan into operation
to hit the bull's-eye; to go as expected; to succeed (e.g. a plan)
closing credits (film, TV); end credits
bud; sprout; shoot; opening of a bud
to redraw (a line); to catch (a cold) again; to consult (a reference) again
to change one's way of thinking; to switch the direction of one's thoughts; to put one's focus on a new subject; to adopt a new frame of mind
take this opportunity (to apologize, thank, explain, etc.)