intention; inclination; mind; idea; wish; view
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
so; therefore; and; (and) then
research institute; (research) laboratory
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
handwriting; handwritten; hand-drawn; hand-painted
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
magic; sorcery; witchcraft; magic tricks (with large-scale props)
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
bent back; hunchback; stoop
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
disorder; confusion; clutter; mess; muddle; disarray
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off
in succession; one by one
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
genius; prodigy; natural gift
nothing but; except; no more than
to think of; to come up with
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
way; style; ceremony; rite; wedding (ceremony); equation
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to read (extra meaning) into (something); to take (future changes) into consideration; to load (data); to read
for example; for instance; e.g.
(starting) from nothing; from scratch
development; cultivation; application; exploitation (of resources)
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
aria; singing; chanting; reciting (e.g. a spell)
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
method; way; manner; process; procedure; means
sorcery; black magic; netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to be far apart (from); to be a long way off (from); to be remote; to be very different (from); to be quite unlike; to be far from (e.g. the truth)
abnormal; unusual; extraordinary; remarkable; uncommon
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
research; study; investigation