letter (of alphabet); character; writing
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
inscription; epitaph; epigraph
another thing; other things; another man's property
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
writing; composition; essay; sentence
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
here and there; in places
tone (of voice); manner of talking
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
we; us; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to a group of one's equals or inferiors)
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to make sense; to be meaningful
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
compensating; making up for; supplementation
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
heart; guts; nerve; central part
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
deterioration; degradation; drop in quality; becoming unattractive (because of aging)
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
internal organs; viscera; intestines
to be reminded of; to call to mind
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
organ (of body, plant, etc.)