wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
seedbed; nursery; seed-plot
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
investigation; research; looking something up
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
convenient; handy; useful
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
environment; surroundings; circumstances
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
troublesome; annoying; complicated
human relations; personal relationships
user; end-user; consumer; patron; customer; client
interference; intervention; meddling
very rare; very unlikely (to happen); scarcely; seldom; improbable; almost never (occurring)
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
neurosis; nervous breakdown; mental problem; identity crisis; obsession
-like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
to shake one's head (in denial)
not knowing when to let go (give up, etc.); unwilling to resign; having lingering attachment; regretful
remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue
borrowing without returning
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to read (extra meaning) into (something); to take (future changes) into consideration; to load (data); to read
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
to copy (down); to transcribe