criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
sensual love; love affair
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
to take seriously; to take someone at their word; to believe (to be true)
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
singularity; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; specificity
episode; anecdote; vignette
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
self-consciousness; self-awareness
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
to stare back at; to look back at
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
preference; priority; precedence
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
another thing; exception; special case
spouse; wife; husband; partner
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
fine weather; fair weather
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)
cloudless (sky); without a cloud (in the sky)
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
(carrying) close to one's person; next to the skin