details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
to keep standing; to stand motionless
lacking skill; uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; boring (from being too plain)
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
real thing; original; actual
lotus flower; Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); china spoon; lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
dust; dirt; dreary world; petty affairs of everyday life
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
to take back; to get back; to regain; to recover; to restore; to recoup
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
to strike (someone) down; to knock down; to thrash; to place firmly
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
doing nothing (to help); watching with one's arms folded; bowing with one's hands locked together in front of one's chest (form of Chinese salute)
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
narrow (blade); slender (figure, build); thin
to become calm (of the wind, sea, etc.); to die down
to remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize
ferocious; fierce; audacious; impudent; shameless
authority; power; influence; (an) authority (on); expert
scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
long slits (esp. of eyes)
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword
what sort of; what kind of; what way
person of paramount authority; supreme wielder of power
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; contraction; atrophy
distress; wretched condition