lifeboat; friend in need; helping hand; timely help
hostility; animosity; enmity
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
first meeting; first interview with
beforehand; in advance; previously
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
condition; state (of health); appearance
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
labyrinth; maze; mystery; dungeon
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
function; facility; faculty; feature
change in appearance; transformation
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
spell; curse; dharani; mantra
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
curse; spell; malediction
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
interior; inside; internal
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason