unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
to concern; to be related
brilliance; luster; lustre; vividness; life
deficit; shortage; loss; being partially broken; being partially missing; being partially removed
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
every evening; every night
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
trap (for catching animals); snare; trap; trick; ruse
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
busily; sedulously; laboriously; feverishly; fussily; worrying (about little things)
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing (on a typewriter)
perseverance; determination; tenacity; energy
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
both (people); the two of them
having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit
to think; to use one's head; to exercise one's brains
to breathe while sleeping
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.); coverage
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
contact; touch; contact lens
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
continuation; continuance; maintenance; persistence; going on
hostile relations; hostile relationship
one (small animal); two-tan bolt of cloth
standing for; advocating; championing; professing (to be)
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to; to attend
to show up; to appear; to turn up
absence; disregard; indifference
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover
first meeting; first interview with
stolen goods; stolen article; loot; spoils
possession; ownership; Tibet; Tibetan people