pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
at least; at most; (even) just
gold (metal); gold (color); gold (medal); first place (prize); something of great value; something golden (e.g. silence); money
diamond; (railway) schedule; timetable; diagram
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
around the world; throughout the world
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
really; truly; indeed; very; extremely; terribly
steady; honest; sober; straightforward; reliable
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
to wrench open; to break open; to pry open; to prise open; to force open
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
gigantic stone; megalith; massive boulder
older sister; elder sister
round of ghost stories (trad. at night with a lamp or candle being extinguished after each story)
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
if it is (the case that ...)
central part; heart (of a city, etc.)
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
extraordinarily; astonishingly; extraordinary; outrageous; unconditioned dharma
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
discovery; detection; finding
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency