quick; fast; rapid; swift; prompt; streamlined
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
unknown; strange; I don't care; that's irrelevant; whatever
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
training; education; development; cultivation
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
progress; being under way
time; season; period; phase; stage
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to be born again; to make a fresh start in life
immortality; eternal life; undeath; undead
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
in accordance with plans; just as planned
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
study; research; investigation
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
at some point in the past; at some stage
stimulating; exciting; provocative
student (esp. a university student)
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
middle school (esp. the middle school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); junior high school
inner citadel; core; center; centre
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
without (making) any mistakes; flawlessly; accurately
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards