ceremony; rite; ritual; service
sufferings; ordeals; agony; Passion (of Christ); crucifixion
compensating; making up for; supplementation
God; god; ace; king; superior person
curiosity; inquisitiveness
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
rarity (esp. of collectables, trading cards, etc.)
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
giving one's name (or rank, etc.); self-introduction; name readings of kanji
five-family unit; five-man group; quintet
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
light and easy; lambent; clever; witty; smart
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield
to miss a chance to ask; to miss an opportunity to ask; to forget to ask
devil; evil spirit; genie
originally; by nature; from the start
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
connotation; comprehension; intension; inclusion; containment within
camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment
abstention; nonintervention; noninterference
unwritten law; common law; unwritten rule
very much; very many; more and more
to ask; to enquire; to query
adherent; devotee; believer
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
tradition; legend; folklore
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
line; queue; procession; matrix
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
before one knows it; without realizing; unawares; unnoticed
so; therefore; for that reason; if so; if that is the case; in that case
at once; there and then; immediately
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)