indescribable; inexpressible
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
fortune-telling; divination
the West; the Occident; Western countries
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
for example; for instance; e.g.
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
such ... as; or some such
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization