pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
to straighten up; to sit upright
side table; bedside table
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
passing on to the next life; death; giving up a struggle; submission; being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
to be filled with strength; to be filled with effort; to be enthusiastic about; to be tired (ironic)
freedom of the person; personal freedom; personal liberty
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
young girl; lass; adolescent female
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
strength and weakness; (degree of) strength; stress (of a sound); loudness
how can (one) do something
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
but; however; provided that
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
black magic; sorcery; magic tricks; juggling
there is no way that ...; easy; simple