prominent; leading; foremost; distinguished
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
three; three years of age
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)
to knead well; to polish; to refine
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
chalice (for Holy Communion); Holy Chalice; Holy Grail
war; fighting; fierce competition
battlefield; battleground
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
to repeat; to do something over again
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
several years; a few years
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.); savage; fierce; violent; bloodthirsty; stark
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to