unexpectedly; surprisingly
big craze; boom; popular trend; widespread contagion; large outbreak
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
twelfth day of the month; twelve days
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
general public; the masses
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
home area; home town; local
and; AND (Boolean operator)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
great delight; great satisfaction; rapture
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
early Christianity; ante-Nicene era Christianity
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
capital (of a column); stigma; top part of the pistil in a flower
ascetic; pilgrim; devotee
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
successively; one after another
modern version; modern edition; updated, contemporary edition
to come back; to bloom a second time
determination; resolution
Atlantic City, New Jersey
number of days; period of days; daily interest rate
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
slump; crash; heavy fall; sudden decline
Daniel; Daniele; Danielle; Daniell
present; current; in operation