empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
financial muscle; economic clout
(treasuring something by) never taking (it) off the premises
strategic resources; strategic materials
to transcribe; to duplicate; to describe; to film; to picture
copy; duplicate; facsimile; transcript
correction; revision; compensation (e.g. to a pendulum)
to become late; to fall behind; to lag; to pass (of time)
wood; lumber; (raw) material; stuff; talent; ability
level of comfort (of objects you sit on)
transport corps; army service corps
leaping; jumping; spring; exciting
enclosure; fence; storage (of fruit, vegetables, etc.); partitioned area of a room for conducting tea ceremonies; mistress; castle
hollow; mid-air; air; sky
imprisonment; captive; prisoner
deserted village; poor village
locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; feeling of hopelessness; being in a bind
chief vassal; senior statesman
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
the 10 precepts; Ten Commandments; Decalogue; Decalog
French bread (esp. baguette); breadstick
rank; ranking order; hierarchy
you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber
going against one's will; contrary to one's intentions; going against one's desire; going contrary to one's wishes
fastidiousness; love of cleanliness
former; ex-; earlier times; the past; formerly; previously
nothing ventured, nothing gained; (lit.) you will not get the tiger cub without entering the tiger's den
dilettante; lecher; nymphomaniac
learning about the world; preparation for life in the community; work experience
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
description of services offered; service content
first-rate specimen; first-rate object; superb item; superb article; excellent thing; pick (e.g. of a litter)
performer; entertainer; celebrity
variety show (e.g. on TV)
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
illumination; decorative lighting
to lose money; to spend money