tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
after that; afterwards; thereafter
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
thirtieth day of the month; thirty days
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
the problem (at issue); the point at issue; problematic issue; problem
exposure by washing away; washing out; exposed aggregate (finish); exposed aggregate concrete; revealing the grain of cedar boards by washing and scrubbing; finding out (after an extensive search or investigation)
level; standard; water level
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
conscious; deliberate; intentional
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
simulation; simulation (of a foul); diving; flopping
gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
compelling force; legal force
minimum; minuscule; local minimum
perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem
change of pace; change of mood; (mental) break (e.g. going for a walk); refreshment
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
perception; sensing; noticing
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
artificial; man-made; imitation; synthetic
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
form of magic or divination (e.g. animating objects to act as the sorcerer's agent)
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
popular name; common name; given name
natural phenomenon (phenomena)
as; because; with; due to
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
conception; idea; thought; samjna (perception)
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
appropriate (e.g. authorities); concerned; relevant; said; aforementioned; competent
after the end (of something); post-
idea (in Platonic thought)