prostration; placing knees, hands and forehead on the ground to show utmost respect
metallic sound; metallic clank
floor; dance floor; sales floor; floor (of a building); storey
crazy behavior; deranged conduct
principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva); principal image; idol; the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
reverse; inversion; upside down; unreasonable; absurd; wrong
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
natural accompaniment; inseparable pair; inevitable aspect (of something); part and parcel; supplementary printed insert (in a book or magazine); appendix
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
at; in; at; when; by; with
to hold (a ceremony); to perform
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to lose one's mind; to go crazy; to lose one's senses; to lose consciousness
fetus; foetus; embryo; baby in the womb; unborn baby
to bend; to turn up; to turn down; to double
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
conduct; behavior; behaviour
provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)
perfect (for); ideal; just right; most suitable; tailor-made
substantiation; materialization; materialisation; (specific to object language classes) instantiation
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
just as; right after; in the act of; as soon as; at that moment
very loose; slowly; leisurely
thinnish; somewhat thin; weakish; on the weak side; rather light; rather pale
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
movement (of one's body); moving about; stirring; acting freely; doing as one pleases
warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
medical efficacy; effect of a medicine
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)