amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby
deadlock; stalemate; impasse; dead end
becoming stereotyped; becoming tedious; becoming repetitive; becoming routine; getting stuck in a rut; humdrum
split; division; break up
novel; original; new; innovative
development; cultivation; application; exploitation (of resources)
to uncover; to solve; to reveal
rise; swell; elevation; upsurge
longed-for; anxiously awaited
inside a police station, fire station, tax office, etc.
many people; a large number of people
distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment
well-cooked; well-done; browned
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
things at hand; personal belongings
uprooting; pulling up (a plant) by the roots; eradicating; rooting out; all (destroyed, stolen, etc.); completely
night attack; nocturnal assault
patient's chart; clinical records; record (e.g. student, equipment maintenance, etc.)
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
drum (e.g. oil, gasoline); metal barrel
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
wisdom tooth; not knowing who one's birth parents are; person who does not know their birth parents
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
transcendence; transcendency
to believe implicitly; to believe firmly; to believe entirely
to create a stir; to make waves; to raise a question about; to cause a sensation
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
strange tale; curious report; strange report
influential person; man of importance
to compose; to put together
strict observance; rigid adherence; scrupulous compliance
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove