one's family (home) background (environment)
Buddhist priest; monk; boy
to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
human relations; personal relationships
male-female relationships; relations between the sexes; sexual relations
amorous feelings; feeling of being in love
lust; lusts of the flesh; animal passions; carnal desires
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
businesslike; professional
cancellation; withdrawal; asking to be excused; begging off; not taking
to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white
penalty; sentence; punishment
execution; carrying out; performance; lead monk performing various tasks in a temple
criminal condemned to death; convict on death row
well; in good health; safe; free from accident
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
staying somewhere else (overnight); spending the night away (e.g. from home); going home (e.g. from hospital) for the night; sleepover
right in the middle (of); midst; height
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
recklessness; daredevilry; rashness; (arch.) long-lasting
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
accidental death; casualty
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other
(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind
several people; a few people
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death)
(electric) torch; flashlight
lever; agent (causing something to happen); instrument; assistant; helper
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
waterway; canal; channel; swimming pool lane
loud sound; loud reverberation