blank space; margin; blank canvas
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph
is something that; is that which
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
within; inside of; less than
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
forcibly; against one's will
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to be surprised; to be astonished
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember