to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily
penance; austerities; mortification; difficult work; strenuous task
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
(breaking) with a snap (of a rope, string, etc.); stabbing (with a knife, etc.)
to try to do; to attempt to do
to eat; to become eclipsed (of an astronomical object)
advance warning; previous notice; prior announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
God's will; heaven's decree; mandate of Heaven; one's life; one's lifespan
religious ecstasy; religious exultation; ecstasy; rapture
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
discord; dissonance; cacophony; discord (in a relationship); disagreement; disharmony
king; monarch; ruler; champion
declaration; statement; assertion
it's no joke; gimme a break!
to revere; to respect; to worship
great admiration; deep respect
with all due respect; I'm sorry, but ...; I'm afraid ...
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
sitting cross-legged; sitting in the lotus position
disapproval; disagreement; no; the noes; not ...; dis-
with one's own body; by one's own action; by one's own experience; barely (e.g. escape); narrowly
to wake up (someone; by calling out); to awaken; to bring back (e.g. memories); to evoke; to recall
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
to clench (one's teeth); to grit; to set; to clamp
along; parallel to; in accordance with
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
to spare; to grudge; to regret; to lament; to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling
to push aside; to thrust aside; to brush aside; to reject; to remove; to take out
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
looking or acting as if one owned the place
tornado; whirlwind; waterspout; twister
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside; to set aside; to keep apart; to remove (someone) from the group; to shun
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
to bring calamity upon oneself; to invite disaster; to court disaster
ritual; religious service; festival
indelible scene of one's childhood; earliest remembered scene; original scenery; unspoiled landscape
to help (someone) out of trouble; to rescue; to save