adhesive bandage; sticking plaster; band-aid
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
decision; settlement; definition
useless; waste of time and effort; pointless; vain efforts
to have meaning; to be meaningful
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
dung beetle; gold beetle; goldbug; maggots in faeces (feces)
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
to be full of (e.g. adventure, youth, energy); to be overflowing with
someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place)
often; frequently; now and then; occasionally
awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect
self-torturing; masochistic
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
worship; adoration; admiration; cult
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind
to suffer an embarrassing defeat
to be at a loss for words
presumptuous; impertinent; impudent; ridiculous; laughable; absurd
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole