time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job
high-rise building; tower block; skyscraper
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
reaction; response; reaction
minor; small; minor (key, scale, etc.); the minor leagues (US baseball)
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
to assemble (e.g. goods into a set); to gather; to put together
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher
turning by hand; hand-turned; hand-cranked; preparations; arrangements
instruction; guidance; tutelage; (arch.) licensed elementary school teacher
ghost story; tale of the supernatural
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
different opinion; objection
being the sole winner; beating everyone else; winner-take-all; mostly alone; mostly by oneself
to (see and) choose; to select; to diagnose (as); to judge; to estimate; to liken (to)
from the beginning; from scratch
to indicate; to show; to point to
carbonic acid; carbonated water; carbonated drink; baking soda; sodium carbonate
victim (esp. someone killed); casualty
to take part in (usu. something bad); to be a party to; to have a hand in
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
pair; set of two; pair-oared boat; pair; two of a kind
male; manly; brave; larger (of the two); greater; (arch.) man
to chase away; to drive away; to drive out
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
fat (of meat); fatty meat
counter for buildings, roofs, tents, etc.
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
the real pleasure (of something); the real thrill; flavour of ghee; (fig.) delicious taste; Buddha's gracious teachings
shuffle (of playing cards, etc.); rearranging (in a random order); shaking (a container to mix ingredients, etc.)
last days; the end; one's fate
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to get wrong; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse
to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy
openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face
obstruction; hindrance; blocking; disturbance; interference; interruption
youth; adolescence; springtime of life