washing (esp. dishes and laundry)
task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work
always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop
festival; feast; carnival
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
prompt decision; snap judgement; snap judgment
invincible; ever-victorious; unconquerable; unbeaten
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
to repeatedly admonish; to tell over and over
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
spectator; sightseer; onlooker
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion
charisma (i.e. attractiveness, charm); charisma (i.e. divinely conferred power or talent); charism; charismatic person; someone famous (usu. for their talent); celebrity
henchman; follower; (arch.) adopted child
desire to act only in one's self-interest; selfish desires
side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
nape (of the neck); nucha
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to collect (e.g. one's thoughts); to get in order
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination
to pull out; to draw out; to disconnect; to steal contents of; to pilfer (from); to pickpocket
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
outline; summary; argument