once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
cackling (sound of shrill laughter)
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
study; research; investigation
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
practical; actual; de facto; in essence; in all but name
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
scene; spectacle; sight; view
really; truly; indeed; good grief
disappointed; dejected; disheartened; indignant; angry
hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
any more; any further; any better; any longer
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
grasp; catch; understanding
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation