8th in rank; eighth sign of the Chinese calendar
fossil; petrifaction; petrification; fossilization
death anniversary; Buddhist anniversary service
mistaken memory; trick of the memory; slip of the memory
rendezvous; meeting; area where guests gather before the start of a tea ceremony; waiting room; (arch.) meeting place for assignations, drinking, etc.
enshrinement; installation (of an image)
medical apparatus; medical instruments
exhaust; emission (of gas from an engine); expulsion (of air); ventilation
creeping; crawling; sneaking
not worth doing; waste of effort
walking speed; walking pace
freedom; free man; free woman
circuit (electric); cycle (e.g. Krebs cycle)
mechanism; mechanical parts; jack-in-the-box
used (ticket, stamp, etc.); spent (fuel, battery, etc.)
pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
cigarette end; cigarette butt; tobacco ashes
feeling of vitality; sense of being alive
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky
power; motive power; dynamic force; three-phase electricity
receiving an electric shock
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool; to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
probe each other; sound each other out
powerfully; vigorously; with all one's strength; lots of; heaps of; plenty
tasteless and odorless; bland