chestnut-color; chestnut-colour
popular person; favorite; favourite
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
to give off sparks; to spark; to scintillate; to have a heated argument; to combat; to do something fiercely
bet; wager; stake; gamble
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption
exemption; exoneration; discharge
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
person who introduces someone; introducer
company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
ignition; catching fire; setting on fire
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
to prepare for death; to get ready to die
gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove
innocent; naive; unsophisticated; birth-
accompanying; being in attendance on; inner offerer (any of the 10 high-ranking monks serving at the inner offering hall)
to scrape off; to scrape away; (arch.) to chop off (someone's head)
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
that; the matter in question
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
load; heavy burden; encumbrance; heavy freight; heavy responsibility
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
to ask; to enquire; to query
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
to provide; to arrange; to install
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
connection; link (on a web page)
connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction
supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super