work in a Zen temple (e.g. cleaning, working in the fields)
to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
shivering (with cold); trembling (with fear); shuddering
wearing thick clothes; dressing warmly
to go to meet (someone); to go to pick up
remote countryside; boondocks; the sticks; middle of nowhere
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
street at night; making a night journey
danger; peril; hazard; risk
degenerate; pervert; deviant
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
difficult to ...; hard to ...
consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
thick (paper, cloth, etc.); heavy
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to resound (echo) far and wide
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
to shut one's eyes; to close one's eyes; to turn a blind eye (to); to close one's eyes (to); to die
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
imagination; supposition; guess
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
university hospital; teaching hospital
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive