religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
interior of the womb (of a pregnant woman); interior of the uterus; interior of a Buddhistic statue
to leave behind; to misplace; to forget
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
religious leader; person of religion; religious figure; religionist
convenient; handy; useful
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
to grow; to grow up; to be good at; to excel in
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
custom; convention; common practice; (arch.) becoming accustomed (to)
regarding highly; attaching importance to
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
smelling of mold; musty; putrid; old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
at that time; in those days
right in the midst of; right at the height of
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
bogging down; dragging on; turning into a quagmire; becoming mired in a mess
to assume an aspect; to take on an appearance
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba