concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
to be worn down; to be reduced
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
deception; make-believe; fake; counterfeit; phony
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
samsara; cycle of death and rebirth; being reborn; reincarnation
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
thick (of a liquid); muddy; gooey
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
light; faint; pale; fleeting
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course