general idea; concept; notion
influence; effect; impact
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
root; origin; source; cause; basis; foundation
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
sect; denomination; school (e.g. of poetry)
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
advantage; point in favor; point in favour
state religion; official religion; established religion
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
great difference; big difference; wide margin
means; way; method; measure
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
pride (in one's achievements, possessions, etc.); self-praise; boast
Shinto priest; chief priest (of a Shinto shrine); Welsh onion
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
faith is mysterious; faith is weird; (lit.) even a pilchard's head (can be revered) through faith
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up; to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush
only; just; (ever) since; after; continuously; remaining (in a particular state)
to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to coat a surface with something that adheres strongly when hardened (i.e. grout, plaster, lacquer); to cover up (e.g. truth); to varnish (e.g. with lies, rumors)
1000 sheets (of paper); many pages; book tripe; bible tripe; leaf tripe
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu
with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
dark; gloomy; somber; depressing
middle of the night; dead of night
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
feeling of emptiness in the stomach; sensation of hunger
sense of emptiness; empty feeling; feeling of meaninglessness