elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
unable to resist; unable to suppress
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
expression; look; countenance; face
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
every evening; every night
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
enshrinement; installation (of an image)
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
to dry up completely; to become stale
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
normal temperature; room temperature; constant temperature; fixed temperature
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to demolish; to tear down; to pull down
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
presence (e.g. of an observer); observation; observer; trading session (at an exchange)
always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
unbleached cloth; unbleached colour (color); unbleached; undyed
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
two adjoining rooms (connected by a sliding door)
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
brightly lit; brightly lighted; lit up; lighted up