stealthily; secretly; in secret
clerk; office worker; office staff
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to appease; to suppress; to calm
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
regret; remorse; repentance; contrition
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good
honor; honour; credit; prestige
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
pretension; conceit; hubris
to quieten down; to fall silent; to cease activities; to become inactive; to lie low
with a clink (click, clack)
wall-mounted ornament; wall decoration; wall hanging; wall-mounted
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
retainer; vassal; servant
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
corruption; immorality; lapse from virtue; fall from virtue
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
final destination; last stop; end; conclusion; goal
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
self-righteousness; self-justified
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
to affect; to impact; to influence
firm; unshakeable; resolute
gazing at (in wonderment)
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure
third day of the month; three days
companion; comrade; escort; member of a party; fellow traveller; fellow traveler
division; splitting; sharing; distribution; dissemination; allocation
government service; the bureaucracy
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted