vicissitudes; continual change; transmigration; metempsychosis
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
to be annoying; to be troublesome
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
bridge (of a koto, etc.); cylinder; prism
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
witnessing; observing; sighting
applying (e.g. a technology); adoption
deviation; departure; omission
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
root; source; origin; cause
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; different name; other name
work; business; company; study
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to sift out; to screen or eliminate (candidates)
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
levitation; floating on air; airborne (e.g. bacteria); aero-
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
the five fingers; leading five; top five
restoration (to original state or location); reconstruction; reversion
resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
mawashi; belt; mantle; cape; gang rape
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
absolutely; positively; decidedly
adhesion; conglutination; collusion; collusive relationship
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit