hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
joining (a group, team, etc.); enrollment; enrolment
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
to stiffen; to become stiff
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
pearls thrown before swine; unused possession; useless possession; waste of talent
to be prepared to flee; to become restless; to become agitated
to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
difficult to approach; inaccessible
companion; comrade; escort; member of a party; fellow traveller; fellow traveler
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
place; situation; position; location
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
stopping (of a train, car, etc.); stop
one by one; one after another; successively
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon