thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
author; writer; novelist; artist
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
story; tale; talk; discussion
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
from time immemorial; ancient; time-honoured; time-honored
mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part
to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to deal with (an issue); to manage; to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
writing; composition; essay; sentence
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
compression; condensation; constriction; compaction
expert; professional; master; woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
wherein; therein; thereinto
one part; one portion; one section
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
journal; magazine; periodical
for example; for instance; e.g.
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
manuscript; version; draft
duplication; repetition; overlapping; redundancy; restoration
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor