chief; main; principal; important
medicine; agent; (chemical) substance; drug; dose
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
small number; few; minority
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
two-digit number; "tens" column; two digits; double figures
whispering; murmuring; subdued
to say; to tell; to state; to do
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
simple substance (e.g. chemical); something standing alone; separate item; solo item
serious; severe; grave; acute
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
tradition; legend; folklore
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
training; drill; practice; discipline
member (of a class); trainee; participant
to ask a question; to ask questions
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
motion sickness; travel sickness
heaven-sent child (in answer to a Shinto or Buddhist prayer); child (e.g. of an era); product
to be; to exist; to be (honorific copula)
reason; cause; circumstances
lese majesty; lèse-majesté
world view; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung (philosophy); appearance of a world (e.g. in fiction)
anything and everything; just about everything
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
main question; real issue at hand
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
superstition; superstitious belief
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)