to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
one's body alone; having nothing except one's body; just oneself (with no belongings)
idleness; lack of application; lazy study habits
principle; theory; fundamental truth
other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); incarnations of Buddha
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
substance; real form; main part; main unit; this machine; this appliance; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.)
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
to have one's attention attracted (caught); to be preoccupied with
armed forces; military; troops
ahem; cough-cough; noise in lieu of a comment or contrary view
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
appearance; figure; shape; form
usually; ordinarily; always; continuous; 24-hour (operation, care, etc.); constant
sweet flag (Acorus calamus); calamus; Japanese iris (Iris ensata var. ensata)
you; (arch.) your residence
menial; meanness; servility; abject
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
moment by moment; hour by hour
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction
dripping with sweat; bathed in perspiration
bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all
to stretch; to extend; to gain influence; to become stronger; to go further; to extend one's journey; to smooth out
professor; teaching; instruction
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
to become keen on; to get passionate about