bluff; false show of power; bold front
direct line; direct communication; connecting directly; through service; nonstop service
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
to form a pair; to pair up
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
probe; inquiry; enquiry; investigation
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to refer to; to use as reference
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
august (in ref. to the emperor or the gods); imperial; divine
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)
(being) worth seeing; impressive
grudge; complaint; reproach
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
relationship; connection; involvement; entanglement; implication (e.g. in a crime)
priority; order of precedence
transmigration; reincarnation; metempsychosis
everything; for (to) everything; (in) anything
tranquillity and peace; tranquility and peace; peaceful and uneventful
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
restoration; repair; mending
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
materials; data; document
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
sharp, loud rebuke; bark; roar; rebuke used in Zen to achieve enlightenment
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
to carry; to bring (to a place)
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour