useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
manufacturing; craftsmanship; making things by hand
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends); planetary ring
name; nameplate; caption; storyboard; rough draft
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
nothing but; except; no more than
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
beginning; outset; first; onset
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
name; given name; first name
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
myself; yourself; I; me; you
roots; origin; one's roots; ancestry
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
to bump into; to run into; to encounter; to meet with; to clash (of opinions, people, etc.); to conflict
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
power; might; authority; influence
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
main point; essential point; important thing; necessity; need; requirement
whoosh (of water); hiss (of a cat, snake, etc.); sizzle
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any mammal of family Mustelidae)