genuine article; real thing; real deal
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
close; intimate; on good terms
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
book; volume; this; present; main; head
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition; formal writing with little real meaning
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
how; in what way; by what means
alone; by oneself; on one's own
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
in that way; thus; so; so?
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
other side; opposite side; other party
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
all; entire; whole; altogether
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
aloneness; loneliness; solitude