difficulty;  trouble;  accident;  disaster;  fault;  defect
 part;  portion;  amount;  worth (as in "two days' worth");  one's means;  one's place;  one's duty
 certainty;  reality;  regular;  permanent;  samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)
 successor (e.g. organization);  new existence after rebirth
 to form a complete whole;  to be joined together
 true character;  true form;  true colors (colours);  consciousness;  one's senses
 to understand;  to comprehend;  to become clear;  to be known;  I know!;  I think so too!
 chapter one;  first chapter
 millennium;  one thousand years; (fig.) long time
 ground;  earth;  the solid earth;  the (vast) land
 to raise;  to bring up;  to rear;  to cultivate;  to foster;  to nurture
 to believe;  to believe in;  to place trust in;  to confide in;  to have faith in
 to mince;  to cut fine;  to carve;  to engrave;  to tick away (time);  to beat out (e.g. rhythm);  to etch (into one's mind)
 time;  hour;  occasion;  case;  chance;  opportunity
 to call out (to);  to call;  to summon (a doctor, etc.);  to invite;  to designate;  to name;  to garner (support, etc.)
 the world;  society;  sphere;  circle;  world-renowned;  world-famous
 to do;  to carry out;  to cause to become;  to make (into);  to serve as;  to act as;  to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
 to be aware of;  to know;  to notice;  to feel;  to understand;  to comprehend;  to remember
 human being;  human;  person;  character (of a person)
 to be (of animate objects);  to exist;  to stay;  to be ...-ing;  to have been ...-ing
 if;  in case;  as for;  on the topic of;  if that's the case;  if so
 several years;  a few years
 to see;  to look;  to examine;  to look over;  to look after;  to attend to;  to experience
 (something) has never occurred;  to have never done (something);  such a thing has not happened;  never happens;  there is never a time when
 sky;  the air;  weather;  far-off place;  distant place;  state of mind;  feeling
 noon;  midday;  daytime;  lunch
 turbidity;  cloudiness (of a liquid);  opacity;  disorder;  chaos
 dark gray;  dark grey;  slate (color, colour)
 quite;  entirely;  completely;  as if;  as though;  just like
 dim;  hazy;  vague;  indistinct;  faint;  fuzzy
 inside;  interior;  among;  within;  middle;  center;  during
 to loiter;  to putter;  to prowl;  to wander about;  to roam about;  to knock around
 like;  similar to;  (I) think (that);  (I) have a feeling (that);  feels like;  feels similar to
 scenery;  scene;  landscape
 people;  citizens;  subjects;  folk
 mind;  heart;  spirit;  the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
 to clear up;  to clear away;  to refresh (e.g. spirits);  to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion);  to be dispelled;  to be banished
 oddity;  eccentricity;  peculiarity