making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
mixing; mixture; meld; miscegenation
weak constitution; weak body; weak (organization, system, etc.); feeble
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
the most; the best; the greatest; supreme; unrivalled; unsurpassed
to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde; forward (player)
main force; main strength; main effort; primary focus
custom; general rule; convention; usually; generally; normally
substance; true form; main part; main unit; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.); noumenon
custom; practice; convention; precedent
the heavens; the skies; celestial sphere; heavenly realm; deva realm
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
inside; interior; inner part
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
to repeat; to do over again
alert status; emergency alert
to relax; to release tension from one's muscles; to let go limp
to swoop down; to glide down; to fly down; to land gently (on); to alight (on)
home position; origin; usual place (for something)
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, a licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
to bow one's head; to hang one's head; to droop (e.g. ears of grain)
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
to happen to have; to have on hand; to carry (e.g. money)
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
turning by hand; hand-turned; hand-cranked; preparations; arrangements
carefully; closely; very; extremely; have no choice; cannot be helped
trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected
supervised; under surveillance
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
maintaining a reasonable distance; keeping a proper distance; being neither too close nor too distant; taking a neutral position