youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
child prodigy; infant genius; wonder child
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
to adjoin each other; to sit side by side
working earnestly; sincerity; diligence; effort; pains
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
in a great quantity; plentifully; greatly
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
to write a few lines (to); to drop someone a line; to write a note (to)
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
unexpected; contrary to expectations; by chance; casual
idiom; set phrase; idiomatic phrase
to jump at; to be attracted by
important person; strategic person; key figure
nothing but; none other than
same-sex marriage; gay marriage
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
heresy; heretical teachings; black magic
parental love or affection
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
independence; self-reliance
it's none of your business; it's not your concern
to make snide remarks; to put into bad mood
political measures; policy
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
diversion; appropriation (e.g. of funds); misappropriation; re-use (e.g. old computer parts); recycling
to become related (through marriage, adoption, etc.); to form a connection (with Buddha)
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
writing paper; stationery; notepaper
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials