substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
to make a copy; to transcribe; to reproduce; to trace
death; the late; the deceased
looks; personal appearance; features
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
of the same age; age-matched
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
officiating priest; presiding priest at a ceremony; religious teacher; highly-ranked priest; guru; instructor (yoga, etc.)
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
famous; well-known; renowned; your name
contrast; antithesis; comparison
in order to do; for the purpose of doing
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
coincidence of opinions, etc.; agreement
extremely good friends; best friends
cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that
understanding (of people's circumstances and feelings); perceptiveness; sympathy; wisdom
worldly affairs; ways of the world
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy
to overdo; to do too much
brilliance; splendour; splendor; lustre; luster
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to project; to show; to portray; to depict; to describe
to contribute; to play a part in; to have a hand in; to finance
haori (Japanese formal coat)
outstandingly; extraordinarily; exceptionally
seated figure (e.g. of Buddha); sedentary statue; sedentary image
since long ago; already; for quite a while; for some time now
symbol; emblem; mental image; representation; idea
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
edge of the eaves; house frontage
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
thief; robber; burglar; bandit
to dispatch (someone); to send; to make go fast (a car, horse, etc.); to drive; to move quickly (one's pen, eyes, etc.); to run (one's eyes over something)
title; index; heading; headline; caption