rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
being accomplished in both the literary and military arts; doing well in both school and sports
attractive face and figure
poverty; penury; want; (arch.) insufficiency; (arch.) shortage; (arch.) deficiency
for one's true nature to come out
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
person who cannot stick to anything; unsteady worker; (lit.) monk for three days
second day of the month; two days
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
characteristic; like oneself; worthy of oneself
teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
family; members of a family
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
weariness; fatigue; languor; boredom; tedium; ennui
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
complete stranger; total stranger
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
to subsist; to keep on living
at every opportunity; for each and every thing that crops up; with every little thing; whenever possible; whenever the chance arises; at every turn
to live through; to survive
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
safe; strongbox; cashbox; depository; cash office; treasury
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
to print (on); to insert (an illustration); to stencil (a pattern); to instill (a thought, impression, etc.); to imprint (e.g. on one's subconscious)
peaceful; tranquil; calm; restful
(not) in the slightest; (not) at all
to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
to have an audience (with); to have an interview (with); to meet; to see