difficult to ...; hard to ...
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
of course; certainly; naturally
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
profitable plan; good plan
war; fighting; fierce competition
large bird; peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish); fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
religious organization; religious organisation
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force