private; personal life; (one's) privacy
hard problem; person hard to please; hard nut to crack
(animal) collar; necklace; choker
London Paddington station
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
lecher; nymphomaniac; dilettante
mountain chain; mountains
having done ... by mistake; having messed up ...
private parts; privates; genitalia; disgraceful thing; shame; embarrassment
to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
sacrum; sacral bone; hermitry; appearance of a hermit; unworldliness
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
great difference; big difference; wide margin
canteen; flask; water bottle; thermos
to dilute; to water down; to thin; to soften (e.g. a statement, impression, etc.); to weaken (e.g. an effect); to tone down
strict; stern; rigorous; severe
Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral
(feeling of) identification; sense of unity
secularization; secularisation; popularization; popularisation
distant place; remote point
centralization (e.g. power); centralisation
(Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary
trend of the times; way things are going
troubled times; turbulent times
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
to plunder; to capture; to seize; to snatch away; to steal; to grab away
to knock down; to knock out