material; material properties; quality of material; quality of wood; quality of lumber
to change completely; to change suddenly
to entrance; to possess; to enthrall
job; work; duties; trade; skill
box-shaped funerary urn made of stone
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
walking on frost; crunching (e.g. on gravel); lots of coins or jewels; cutting into large pieces; loosely weaving; large (pieces, stitches, sand grains, etc.)
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
thoughtless; inconsiderate; tasteless; cruel
rapidly (e.g. progress, moving forward); growing visibly; quickly; steadily; by leaps and bounds
stairs; stairway; staircase
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
to carve into; to cut into; to engrave into; to inscribe
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
opinion; point of view; visual point
to become better; to improve
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
to get one's head around; to think about
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
arguing back and forth; bandying words; verbal tug-of-war
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
to wring the neck; to strangle
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
boasting of one's strength