platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
troop headquarters; stronghold; inn designated for use by a daimyo (Edo period)
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
circumstances; sequence of events; how things got this way; details; particulars
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; eccentricity; person with unusual tastes; eccentric; oddball
tedious; boring; being fed up with
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
conviction; belief; confidence
to catch fire; to be ignited; to ignite; to flare up (of an emotion, controversy, etc.); to blaze; to be ignited (of a dispute, commotion, etc.)
(idle pursuit of) pleasure
to spend all one's time doing; to do day in, day out; to do nothing but ...; to pass (of days)
much less; to say nothing of
sullenly; taciturnly; morosely; taciturn person; uncommunicative person
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgement
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
night and day; all the time
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
to attract (to oneself, e.g. with bait or light); to draw close; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion; to convulse
push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness
treacherous; dangerous; untrustworthy; sneaky; cunning
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
pushing from behind; backing; supporting; instigation; instigator
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
rather; better; instead; if anything
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
looking like a ...; acting as if a ...
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
state ceremony; laborious; troublesome; irksome
unable to resist; unable to suppress
to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
stimulus; stimulation; impetus; impulse; excitement; thrill
to repeat; to do over again
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
becoming dull (of a knife, one's wits, etc.); becoming blunt
lechery; debauchery; philandering