privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
reputation; respectability
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
beginning; outset; first; onset
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
slight; thin; on the weak side
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
item; something that one "just has to have"
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
previous conviction; criminal record; previous offense; previous offence
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
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
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to be found; to be discovered
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)