aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor
temporary; transitory; short-lived
to be discouraged; to be disheartened
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
accurate; correct; precise; exact
foresight; foreknowledge; divination
great scholar; savant; polymath
maid; helper; help; assistance
old friend; old acquaintance
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
speculation; thinking; meditation
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)
vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)
lack of ability; incompetence; incapacity
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
mathematical principle; mathematics; arithmetic; figures; accounts
savage; wild; unruly; to behave roughly; to get wild
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
I can't find the words to thank you; I can never thank you enough
one end; an end; part; fragment
interpretation; explanation; reading; construction
to need; to call for; to require
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
to believe implicitly; to believe firmly; to believe entirely
self-conceit; self-satisfaction; self-righteousness; self-importance; complacency
failure; collapse; breakdown; (arch.) tear (in clothing, etc.); (arch.) rip; (arch.) split
in that way; like that; that way
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)
(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict