indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league
present continuous tense; present progressive form
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
right in the midst of; right at the height of
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
craving; longing; thirsting
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
everything; anything; nothing
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned; having nothing one can do about something; having no options
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
to push aside; to brush aside
to be manageable; to be able to handle
to pick out item(s) from a group to keep
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
to tan (i.e. suntan); to burn
to subsist; to keep on living
to be reduced to ashes; to be cremated
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
televising; broadcasting; airing
to walk away; to walk off
naturally; of course; understandably
to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
to arise; to break out; to well up; to burst
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
your; indicates high rank or status; indicates love and respect (usu. for an older person)
visitor from afar; joy-bringing spirit from the divine realms