(musical) conductor; commander; leader; director
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
at least; at most; (even) just
armed forces; military; troops
retrogression; regression
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
in some cases; sometimes; on occasions
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
progress; being under way
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
spiritual life; inner life; mental life
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
surroundings; environs; circumference
environment; circumstance
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
honest; trustworthy; upright; sincere
explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
in that way; like that; that way
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
work style; way of working
civilized person; civilized people
barbarian; savage; savage (primitive) people (race)
lacking substance and existing in name only; something without substance