achievement; performance; results; work; contribution
process; course; mechanism
picking out; choosing; picking (someone) up (in a vehicle); pickup (in a record player); (phono) cartridge; pickup (truck)
is something that; is that which
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
interests and preferences
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
wildly different (in ability, strength, etc.); on another level; in a different league; of different heights; uneven
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
degree (of something); greatness or smallness (of something); quantity; number; amount; size
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
at that time; in those days
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
traditional; customary; conventional
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
roots; origin; one's roots; ancestry
creation; Creation (by God)
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
as you (they, etc.) say; as you suggest; I absolutely agree
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
one more; another (one); (not) quite; (not) entirely; (not) enough
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club