beginning; outset; first; onset
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
to have a warped view; to be jaundiced; to feel that one has been unfairly treated; to be jealous; to be envious
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
tribe; race; group (of people who share a common feature); gang; tribe (taxonomic rank); group (in the periodic table)
care; precaution; guarding; caution
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
return gift; return favour; revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
whole area; surrounding area; all around; everywhere; all over the place
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
happiness; blessedness; proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; luckily; fortunately
rapidly; quickly; briskly; booming (e.g. of a drum)
to whirl; to eddy; to swirl; to whirl around (of feelings, thoughts, etc.); to swirl around; to surge
muddy place; mud; mire; sludge; slush; quagmire
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
to slip down; to slide down; to glide down
foot of a rock; large rock, most of which is buried
to bump into; to run into; to encounter; to meet with; to clash (of opinions, people, etc.); to conflict
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker