to keep secret; to conceal
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
abuse; misuse; perversion
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
disclosure; exposure; revelation
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
dealing appropriately (with a situation); taking proper measures; handling (an issue) carefully; making the best of (a bad bargain)
interference in the domestic affairs of another country
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
information; news; report; reward; retribution
to beat fast (of a heart); to hammer
very likely; very probable
fire fighting; extinguishing a fire
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
(Western) bell tower; campanile; belfry
stairs; stairway; staircase
interior; inside; internal
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path
heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion