true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
to create a debt in one's favor (e.g. by doing someone a favor); to create an obligation in one's favor
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
to incline toward; to slant; to go down (sun, moon); to sink; to decline; to wane
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
individual; distinctive; unique; characteristic; personal; idiosyncratic
prevailing view; common opinion; commonly accepted theory
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
interpretation; explanation; reading; construction
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
deep-seated grudge; hatred
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
supply; provision; service; supply
optimism; taking an optimistic view
to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
circulation; rotation; cycle; loop
to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
silence (not speaking); muteness
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
standing figure; standing posture; dancing pose
as planned; according to plan
no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents
snake; serpent; large snake
to collect; to assemble; to gather
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
no!; no no!; no, not at all
many a little makes a mickle; every little helps; (lit.) even dust becomes a mountain if piled together
air battle; dog fight; aerial battle
field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity; one's monopoly