change; conversion; transformation; transformation
technical skill; ability; capacity
disturbance; perturbation; derangement
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
with a start; with a jump
blame; censure; rebuke; reproof
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
free; unrestricted; (with) complete mastery; completely in control
measure to win somebody over to one's side
use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)
sound of something small rolling once (often into a hole); easily; suddenly; completely (e.g. forgetting); utterly; disappointing; curling up into the fetal position
very loose; slowly; leisurely
to be haggard; to be gaunt; to be emaciated; to be worn out (e.g. illness, worry)
mental; spiritual; emotional
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
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
to press a question; to cross-examine
person willing to take on a role; willing candidate
it's best to; it's safest to; there's nothing better than
one's way back; one's way home
restoration (buildings, art, vehicles, etc.); (system) restore; recovery (file system, etc.)
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
many; a lot; much; multitude
to stand in (someone's) place; to be in a (certain) position
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
embryo; germ (e.g. wheat germ)
interior of the womb (of a pregnant woman); interior of the uterus; interior of a Buddhistic statue
on the occasion of; at the time of
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
to draw in (one's body); to duck (one's head)
ruffian; scoundrel; rogue; rascal; villain; hoodlum
occupation (e.g. of territory); exclusive possession
what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy