seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
washing machine (laundry)
washing one's hands; water (or basin, etc.) for washing one's hands; restroom; lavatory; hand-washing (laundry, etc.)
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
to begin; to set about; to start
banning of books; banned book
room that is forbidden to enter; locked room; unopened room
be (that) as it may; having said that
treatment; service; handling; management
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
sacred precincts; sanctuary; consecrated ground; issue that is regarded as being off-limits; matter that is not up for discussion
accompanying; being accompanied by; going with
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher
recognizing anew; seeing something in a new light
this and that; one thing or another
cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
school building; schoolhouse
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
armory; armoury; ordnance department
ordinary citizen; the general public
platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab
order; command; directions; instructions
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour
scholarly; scholastic; academic
gold mine; treasure trove; golconda; (lit.) mountain of treasures
(study of) pharmacy; pharmaceutics
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
to end in vain; to be wasted effort
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
asking for the moon; pining for what one doesn't have; thinking the grass is greener on the other side of the fence; asking for too much; asking for the impossible