story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
attitude to life; form of existence; way of life
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
in all ages; over the ages; forever and ever
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
wherein; therein; thereinto
to have one's name entered (in a list)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
around the world; throughout the world
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
accurate; correct; precise; exact
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
than; from; out of; except; but; more
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
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)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex