hypocrite; dissembler; wolf in sheep's clothing; fox in a lamb's skin
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
scattered; separated; dispersed
(not) altogether; (not) wholly
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
ventilation; communication (within an organisation); openness
direct sunlight; direct rays of the sun
greenhouse; hothouse; conservatory; glasshouse
radiative cooling; radiational cooling
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
serious; earnest; honest; real; legit
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
first day (e.g. at work, school); day one
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)
difference in temperature; difference in degrees of enthusiasm, interest, commitment, etc.
at the point of death; almost dead; about to die; at some limit (pain, hunger, etc.)
sunburn; suntan; tan; becoming discolored from the sun (e.g. paper); yellowing
loach or eel dipped and broiled in soy-based sauce
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
tight-lipped; able to keep a secret
else; in addition; on top of that; furthermore; further; besides
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
without; unless; have to do
care; kea (Nestor notabilis)
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
work in a Zen temple (e.g. cleaning, working in the fields)
with an extreme cold (i.e. temperature); lonelily; lonesomely; (acting) coldly (toward someone)
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing