gambling den; gambling house
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to stick out too much; to protrude too far; to be too strong (e.g. of tea); to be too forward; to be too assertive; to be pushy
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
tearing limb from limb; tearing apart; cutting (a person) to pieces
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
killing; destruction of life; cruel; heartless; callous
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
such; like that; that sort of; very
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
to be conspicuous; to stand out
just because; even if; even though
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
reason; cause; history; origin
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
to run around; to bustle about