(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
safety; welfare; well-being
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
long time; long interval; for quite some time
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
destined; predestined; fated; fateful
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance
embarrassed; self-conscious; bashful; abashed
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
near oneself; close to one; familiar
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
real intention; true motive; true meaning
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
moderate; proper; just right
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
God; god; ace; king; superior person
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor