superficial; half-hearted; shallow
shabby; dull; cheap; lackluster; uninspiring; depressing
spine; backbone; spinal column
humanity; empathy; kindness; human nature; common sense; customs and manners
audience (with a person of high standing); eye-level
music theory; musical theory
compression; condensation; constriction; compaction
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
real experience; actual observations
counseling room; counselling room; consulting room; advisory centre
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
drying rice on a rack; rack for drying rice
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face
how; in what way; in what manner
(it was) no bother at all; not at all; it was nothing
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
off the coast; offshore; out at sea
atoll; circular coral reef
to form a circle; to move in a circle; (lit.) to draw a circle
work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking
outskirts; environs (of a city); surrounding area; surroundings
in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
buying; shopping; buyer; purchase
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
no photographs; no photography
opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)