vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
historic; historical; traditional
successful bid; winning a tender
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
always; forever; very; greatly (esp. of hopes and desires)
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
suddenly; all of a sudden
man of the hour; woman of the hour
article for sale; goods for sale; offering; specialty; selling point
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
to pull in (fish); to land
moving tale; impressive tale
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
money-making; earning money
tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; demon; devil
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
offender; criminal; culprit
contract; compact; agreement
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
to set up (in high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship
being extremely busy; being swamped with work
all manner of (verbal) abuse; all kinds of names; abusive language; torrent of abuse; stream of insults
everyday life; daily life
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
punishment without a legal trial; vigilantism