to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
answer respectively agreement or disagreement
to bring back; to restore
sweep of the tide; drift of the tide; tidal current
person adrift on the sea; castaway (on an island)
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
opposite; reverse; contrary
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
brimming with health (vigor, vigour); full of vitality; full of health
tight; tight skirt; straight skirt
drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
nest (of boxes); nesting; concealed information; adopting a child after one's own has died; child adopted in this manner; cavity in an oar (fitted onto a peg as part of a traditional oarlock)
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
several years; a few years
reality; real state of affairs; true state of affairs; true form of all things as they are; ultimate reality
self-evident; obvious; axiomatic; self-explanatory; trivial
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
same quality; same nature; homogeneous
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
round shape; circle; circular form
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
ambiguous; polysemous; equivocal; having many meanings
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
distinction; favoritism; favouritism; discrimination
in accordance with the situation
thick (of a liquid); muddy; gooey
adjustment; coordination; integration; conformity
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
height of summer; hottest part of summer
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
thirst; craving; thirst (for love, knowledge, etc.); hunger