candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
transplanting (a plant); transplant; transplantation (of an organ, tissue, etc.); transplant; embryo transfer; embryo transplant
surgery; operation; procedure; skill with one's hands; sleight of hand
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation; fixing
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
to need; to demand; to take; to require
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
warp (fictional faster-than-light spacecraft propulsion)
to lose; to miss (a chance, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
inner part; interior; living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room; recesses (of one's mind); bottom (of one's heart)
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)
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
why; how; for what reason
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; lower radical of a kanji; money
offset; offsetting each other; set-off; setoff; killing each other
impact; shock; impulse; (psychological) shock
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
such; like that; that sort of