door; gate; opening; title page
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
man; male; masculine gender
dead tree; withered tree; leafless tree; bare tree
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
body; physique; build; stature
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
professor; teaching; instruction
unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
research area; field of research
great scholar; profound scholar
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
race (of people); type of person
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
because of; owing to; due to
birds of prey (of order Falconiformes or Strigiformes); raptors
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
risky; dangerous; insecure
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
young girl; lass; adolescent female
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
observation; survey; watching
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
affection; love; fondness; tenderness