battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
vicissitudes; continual change; transmigration; metempsychosis
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
departure from one's home town
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
sieve; sifter; screen; screening (jobs, candidates, etc.)
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
fidelity; truth; authenticity; credibility
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
certainly; really; truly; possibly; maybe; perhaps
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
horizon; distant land; skyline; heavenly shores; remote region
beyond the heavens; farthest regions; furthest regions
wandering (e.g. bird, exile, lifestyle); wandering alone in a strange country
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
place; room; margin; scope
in the meanwhile; during the time
large bird; peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish); fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
supporting evidence; corroboration
ekayana (doctrine that only one teaching, usu. the Lotus Sutra, can lead to enlightenment)
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
opening; aperture (e.g. camera); opening one's mouth; beginning to speak; open; broad
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence