stroke of the brush; touch; literary style
inferiority complex; sense of inferiority
written letters; handwriting
nursing; nurse; attending; attendant; entertainer
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera); Indian lotus; lotus; rose of Sharon (Hibiscus syriacus)
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
to keep one's feet on the ground; to be down to earth
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
extremely rude (impertinent, impolite)
to harbor suspicion; to harbour suspicion
worldly things; common customs; the world; the (common) people; secularity
to be smeared; to be covered
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
regarding ...; concerning ...; about ...; on ...; with respect to ...; in regard to ...
(mind and) spirit; life energy; vitality; essence
weakening; emaciation; decline
curiosity; inquisitiveness
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
1,000,000; one million; million; many
10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion; sign; omen; indication
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
wonder; miracle; amazement; prodigy
to get tired of (doing); to lose interest in
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
wonder; admiration; being struck with admiration
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
running amok; committing an outrage; rampageous behavior
to recognize (by sound); to identify; to differentiate (voices, sounds, etc.); to (listen and) understand; to listen to reason; to be reasonable
evil thought; malicious motive
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter