tradition; legend; folklore
(religious) faith; belief; creed
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
return; conclusion; reduction
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
on the sea; surface of the sea
prayer (for something); supplication
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
to say no more; to sink into silence
anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever