to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
rather; better; instead; if anything
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
of course; certainly; naturally
to be able to manage somehow or another
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
such ... as; or some such
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
ago; since; before; previous
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
overall victory; championship
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
silence; stillness; quietness
having many difficulties in store; grim prospects
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
that's not a nice thing to say; that's not a nice way of putting it; there was no need to say that
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
tradition; legend; folklore
sacred precincts; sanctuary; consecrated ground; issue that is regarded as being off-limits; matter that is not up for discussion
sacred scripture; sacred book; holy book; writings of a sage
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
hello; good day; good afternoon
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
casual; doing something without taking it too seriously
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
beep; honk (car horn); buzz (buzzer); boo (wrong answer, like buzzer on quiz shows)