fortune-telling; divination; augury
pure; clean; untouched; innocent
clean; clear; pure; honest; clean
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; feeling of hopelessness; being in a bind
(understanding or appreciation of) culture; (one's) education; cultivation; sophistication; refinement
prayer; grace (at meals); exorcism
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
recitation; reciting from memory
beginning; opening; start; outset
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
comparatively; relatively; fairly; considering ...; for ...; despite ...
one day; (on) a certain day
(one) letter; (one) character
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to get wrong; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse
to memorize; to memorise; to recite from memory
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
research; study; investigation
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
integrity; fidelity; constancy; principle; faithfulness; honor
when it comes to; concerning
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
to soothe and humor; to coax
ritual; religious service; festival
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
stifled (laughter); simmering
exhausted; worn out; battered (esp. of clothing); worn out; (boiling) to a pulp; to a mash
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
stealthily; secretly; in secret
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
beating someone up by ganging up on them; facing a barrage of criticism
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
recklessness; daredevilry; daredevil; reckless person
viewing through a window; passing through a window; going through a window; doing through a window