vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel
night view; night skyline; nightscape
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies
to suffer a disappointment; to feel let down; to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip
to beat time; to mark time
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
consequence; outcome; result; blame
to be attentive to small details; to be attentive to others (or others' concerns); to have one's mind turn groundlessly to something negative
to feel ashamed; to be abashed
one of these days; someday; one day
deviation; departure; omission
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
to place in a row; to line up; to list; to enumerate; to talk a lot of nonsense; to tell a lot of lies
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
to etch into one's mind; to remember well
to backfire; to have a harmful result
never (even in error); never, ever; never, no matter what happens; by no means
inseparable (esp. bond, relationship); inextricable; joined at the hip; integral; essential; cannot be broken (cut, separated)
(undesirable but) inseparable relationship
a couple strangely but happily united; uncanny relationship formed by a quirk of fate
having gone too far to turn back
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
to surface; to come to the top; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
to understand (each other); to comprehend
distant; remote; isolated
fortress; stronghold; citadel
dignity; eminent; high ranking; high-order (digit, bit, etc.)
precondition; prerequisite
on the occasion of; at the time of
Bhaisajyaguru (buddha able to cure all ills)
Vaisravana (guardian god of Buddhism)
Yama (as protector deity of the south in esoteric Buddhism)
skill; proficiency; experience; dexterity
regarding highly; attaching importance to
thought; idea; conception
establishing proof; demonstration; substantiation