assertion; declaration; affirmation
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
stability; steadiness; consistency; stable
progress; advance; improvement; development
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
like this; such; thus; in this way
universal; omnipresent; ubiquitous
universal validity; fitting into any situation
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
independence; self-reliance
personality; character; individuality; personhood
appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence
arbitrariness; self-will; whim
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
to conform to; to agree with; to be adapted to; to be based on
practical; pragmatic; hands-on; nuts and bolts
meditation; contemplation
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
to investigate thoroughly; to research thoroughly; to master; to understand completely
point of view; viewpoint; standpoint; field inspection (e.g. in architecture, building)
political measures; policy
to stand in (someone's) place; to be in a (certain) position
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to need; to call for; to require
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
previous conviction; criminal record; previous offense; previous offence
scholarly; scholastic; academic
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
preliminary step; first step
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
everyday life; daily life
electricity; (electric) light
to transfer (to a different place, group, etc.); to change; to move to the next stage (of a plan, etc.); to divert (one's attention) to; to focus on (something different); to spend (time); to let (time) pass
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
development; growth; progress; development; expansion (of a typhoon, low-pressure area, etc.); developmental disability