mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal
stale; hackneyed; clichéd
patterns of thinking; train of thought
screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring
all things must pass; all worldly things are impermanent
foolishness; silliness; stupid conduct; idiotic behavior
(being) worth seeing; impressive
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
additional; extraordinary; outside the norms; special case
French person; Frenchman; Frenchwoman
handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; sabaki; properly treating one's weak stones under attack
to feel uplifted; to be cheered up; to hearten; to be inspired; to be energized
to make oneself pleasant to everybody; to smile at everybody; to try to please everybody; to make things pleasant
to water down; to dilute with water
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
(thick) scarf; muffler; muffler (for a vehicle exhaust); silencer
crisp (like a pickle); crunchy; firm (musculature); stiff (shoulders, neck, etc.)
ankle; malleolus; ankle bone
to tame (an animal); to domesticate
milk; infant formula; formula; condensed milk
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
person of doubtful origin; suspicious stranger
complete stranger; total stranger
final; eventual; ultimate
licking; lapping up; (eating up) quickly; gobbling up
to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
secret intention; ulterior motive; kanji "heart" radical at bottom
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy
Dracula (novel, film, etc.); Count Dracula
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
to lie down; to throw oneself down
to be reduced to ashes; to be cremated
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
conceptual; ideational; notional; theoretical; academic