royal castle; imperial castle
spire; steeple; pinnacle; minaret
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken
to jump up and down; to hop
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
(doing nothing but) eating and sleeping; living idly
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
motion sickness; travel sickness
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
cut; cutting; omission; cutting; haircut; (continuous) shot (in a film or TV show); illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.)
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
change of pace; change of mood; (mental) break (e.g. going for a walk); refreshment
the point just before ...; the point of (doing); the verge (of); (just before the) edge
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
practice; practising; training; study
to be too late; to be too slow
zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour
remarkably; markedly; rapidly; sound of breaking or creaking
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
self-torturing; masochistic
to carry on one's back; to burden oneself (e.g. with debts, responsibilities, etc.)
subject; theme; homework; assignment; problem (that needs solving); task
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; school; phylum; division; counter for cannons
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
distant view; looking from a distance; being able to see a long distance; good long-distance vision; farsightedness
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; contraction; atrophy
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
terrible; dreadful; tremendous; terrific; appalling; shocking