spirituality; spiritual nature
the instability of a political situation; political instability
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
bribe; money under the table
bribe; sweetener; douceur
to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen
right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
to weigh on one's mind; to be worried about (something)
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
different item; different lot
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
stubborn person; bonehead; bullethead; pig-headed person
to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce
to take the blame; (lit.) to cover oneself in mud
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
probe each other; sound each other out
trickery; wiles; finesse; Machiavellism
affection; love; fondness; tenderness
of the same age; age-matched
to take a position (e.g. on an issue); to adopt a stance
firm; strong; unbending; unyielding; uncompromising; stubborn
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
to gather strength; to take heart
the heat is off; things calm down; the excitement dies down
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
multilateral; many-sided; diversified
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
particularly; only; in the case of
forevermore; for eternity
senior; elder; person older than oneself
strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
to order; to command; to appoint
it's not like; it isn't as if
(game pieces, soldiers, etc.) under one's control