souvenir store; gift shop
unbearable; intolerable; insufferable
meditation; contemplation
the instability of a political situation; political instability
to feel relaxed; to be soothed
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
to close down a business; to shut a business
to carry on one's back; to burden oneself (e.g. with debts, responsibilities, etc.)
catercorner; diagonally opposite
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
military conflict; armed conflict
being up to the person himself
a real man would (shut up and) ...
orthodoxy; (Greek) orthodox church
foreign country; foreign land; strange land; far-off land
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
dad; daddy; papa; pa; pop
cloistered emperor; ex-emperor who has become a monk
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
doddering; tottering; unsteady; shaky; decrepit; infirm
arrangement; good offices; discretion; judgment; disposition
no vacancy; full occupancy
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer
assembly hall; parliament house; diet building; capitol; houses of parliament; congress hall
hot topic; talk of the town
regular customer; valued client
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
the ways of the world; human nature
to find fault (with); to cavil (at); to carp (about); to throw a wet blanket (on); to throw cold water (on); to jinx