dispersal; breaking up; running away; fleeing
silence; stillness; quietness
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
luxury; splendour; splendor; prosperity
god; deity; god-tier; incredible; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
translation; deciphering; decoding; translation
secretary; councillor; councilor
word; term; language; speech
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden
to sink (into); to get depressed
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
sympathy; compassion; pity
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
to change completely; to change suddenly
to enter; to come in; to join (a club, company, etc.); to enter (a university, the army, etc.); to be contained (in); to be included (in); to (be able to) fit (in a container, building, etc.)
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
captain; commander; commanding officer; leader
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
brave; valiant; gallant; stirring; vigorous; rousing
comparatively; relatively; fairly; considering ...; for ...; despite ...
fee; charge; rate; material
inexperienced person; young person; novice; greenhorn
to flatter; to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to suck up (to); to toady (to)
scale; scope; plan; structure
to come down in the world; to fall low; to be ruined; to be reduced to poverty; to fall on hard times
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
something or other; one thing or another; this or that