lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
study subject; course of study; department (university, etc.)
hereabouts; around there; that area
low tone; bass; low voice
to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms
in every nook and corner; from A to Z; from head to toe; from cover to cover
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
successively; one after another
to hang up; to end a telephone conversation
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
favorable; favourable; friendly; vividly colored; vividly coloured
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself
lady attendant; lady's maid; waiting maid
deeply (stab, thrust, etc.); hard
hack; inferior horse; inferior person; incapable person
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
pent-up resentment; grudges and hard feelings
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; pleasantly; (wearing, etc. something) elegantly; smartly; stylishly
to throw away; to abandon
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
(before a) Buddhist altar; before the Buddha; offering placed on a Buddhist altar; incense money; condolatory offering
exactly the same; exactly as is; without any change
to engage in a bloody feud; to have a family quarrel; to quarrel with one's own flesh and blood; (lit.) to wash blood for blood
state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances
what kind of business; what sort of matter
internal disunity; internal division; internal rift
having said that; on the other hand
to say a word; to say something; to speak briefly; to give a quick holler; to let (someone) know
this and that; various things
official name; formal name
successfully; nicely; skillfully