profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
piece; fragment; one (object)
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
to have meaning; to be meaningful
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
benefit; use; good; profit; gains
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
to be smeared; to be covered
busy place; busy street; place that's always bustling with people; amusement quarters
to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
secret trick; hidden method; trick of the trade; cheat (in a video game)
such; this sort of; like this
water tank; cistern; fish tank; aquarium
votive objects for a home shrine; ritual article
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
acquisition; obtaining; gaining possession; purchase
human intellect; knowledge
this world; this life; world of the living
extraordinary; special; exceptional; non-standard grammatical construction; ungrammatical usage; solecism
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase