for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
to happen to meet; to come across
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
expression; look; countenance; face
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
anticipation; expectation; plan; preparation
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
ostensible (surface) reason
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
sentimental; mushy; sugary; saccharine; sickly-sweet
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
return (to); revolution; recurrence; regression
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
matter to be checked or investigated
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
to be sluggish (business); to make little progress; to not grow as much as expected
bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump
unperturbed; undaunted; retaining composure; unyielding; not giving an inch
plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution
detour; diversion; alternative route
tool; implement; means; furniture
to walk away; to walk off
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
final scene; the end; finale
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
to be curious; to wonder; to marvel
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
exclamation used to scold practitioners (in Zen); scolding or threatening with a shout
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
to be too busy; to be occupied; to concentrate on single-mindedly
to bother; to meddle; to poke one's nose (into another's business); to be too helpful
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
ill-bred; poorly brought up
as a child; when one was a child