impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for); to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to sprain; to twist; to dampen (enthusiasm); to discourage; to dishearten
flawless; absolute perfection
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
to triumph; to be elated with success
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
pinch; tough spot; bind; clothespin; clothes peg
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person
preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
doubt; skepticism; scepticism; disbelief
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
how about ...?; what about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
if; in case; supposing; worst (case); unexpected (occurence); unforeseen
excellent answer; clever answer
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place)
(giving) instruction (esp. in the secrets of an art, discipline, etc.); initiation; teaching; passing on; imparting
universal; omnipresent; ubiquitous
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
power; might; authority; influence
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
short; shortstop; short (circuit); short hair; short selling
absorption; suction; attraction
ahead (of); before; slightly earlier