to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
repentance; confession; penitence
monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
holy mother; birth mother of a holy man (or woman); Virgin Mary
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
man; male; masculine gender
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
innocent; blameless; guiltless
people; citizens; subjects; folk
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
going along with a joke, etc. at the beginning then pointing out its ridiculousness
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
twist; spin; ingenuity; sophistication (e.g. of writing style); wrapped offering (of money); twisting throw
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
human; human-like; as a person
supremacy; predominance; being superior to
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
due form; official; formality
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited