to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
living flesh; flesh and blood; physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to increase; to add to; to augment
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
attaining Buddhahood; becoming a Buddha; entering Nirvana; going to heaven; resting in peace; dying (peacefully)
to be born again; to make a fresh start in life
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
watercolor painting; watercolour painting
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
to become dim; to become blurred
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash