to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
distant look; faraway look
society; the world; the times
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
accessory (fashion); jewelry; accessory (audio, car, camera, etc.)
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
it's none of your business; it's not your concern
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
passing the winter; hibernation
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
sunlight; rays of the Sun
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
to write out; to make a fair copy; to rewrite
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)