order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface
what is called; what they call; so-called
secret; private; surreptitious
taste; liking; preference
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then
to fade; to lose colour (color); to discolour (discolor)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
sound; noise; (musical) note; fame
to listen attentively to; to be absorbed in (listening to)
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.); coverage
being receptive (to); being susceptible (to); responding to (a stimulus); picking up (a radio wave); receiving
unusual space; other dimension
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
memory; recollection; remembrance; memory; storage
child's mind; childlike innocence; naivete
pure; innocent; naive; unspoilt; pure-hearted; ingenuous
popular name; common name; given name
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
very young; childish; immature
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
to step firmly (on); to harden by treading
genealogy; lineage; family tree; pedigree
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
standard; basis; principle
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation
to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)