equipment; device; installation; stage setting
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
living flesh; flesh and blood; physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
right in the middle (of); midst; height
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
to take someone's life; to kill someone
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
imperial soldier; soldier in an imperial army
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
real intention; true motive; true will; original intention; original purpose; original hope
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
interruption; suspension; break
sneer; derision; scornful laugh; cold smile
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
secret; private; surreptitious
your body; your health; yourself; you
official recognition; authorization; authorisation; licence; license; accreditation
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
figure of speech; rhetorical flourish
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
going around in circles; circling a temple; roll-call vote
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
odds and ends; all; every
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
continually; continuously; incessantly; without interruption
at first; in the beginning; originally