nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
to need; to call for; to require
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
wonder; miracle; amazement; prodigy
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
to rule; to govern; to administer
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
growing en masse in one location (of plants); living gregariously (of animals); living in flocks, herds, colonies, etc.; all animate creation
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
to be entwined; to be involved
complication; intricacy; involution; to become complicated; to get entangled
outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks
mature; becoming precocious
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
number of households (houses)
town; city; municipal; urban
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
many; a lot; much; multitude
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
exclusive; exclusionary; restrictive; clannish
class; heading; group; category
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
to open the door (to the world, women, etc.)
taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided; contraindication
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to entertain; to make welcome
treatment (of a person); dealing with
warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful
looking coldly on; looking upon disapprovingly; frowning on