secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; mowing down the enemy
starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
practice; practising; experience
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
as (for); for; in the capacity of
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
main question; real issue at hand
in one's own way or style
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
without; but if; otherwise; or else
needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide
exceptional; unusual; special; especially; exceptionally; unusually
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
that's the way it is; such is life
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
that is to say; so that means
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds