to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
difficult problem; challenge
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
expressing one's mind; speaking out
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning
poor thing!; pour soul!; what a pity!
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
(something) despised; (something) made light of
Zen dialogue; Zen questions and answers
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
faint; trance; swoon; stupefaction
mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal
(political) power; authority; influence
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
not limited to; not just ...
shutting tightly; making airtight; sealing hermetically
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
danger to oneself; (fear of) one's physical safety
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
bluff; false show of power; bold front
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
straw-wrapped item; bundle of straw (containing a food item, etc.); local produce; souvenir; present
wave motion; undulation; surge; wave
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
dregs; lees; grounds; sediment
sediment; deposit; precipitate; sludge; lees