number of characters; number of letters; word count
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
that's the way it is; such is life
key performer; last performer of the day
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
so; like this; in this way
reality; actuality; hard fact
reaction; response; reaction
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
contrivance; to invent; to devise; to think out
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
goal; basket (basketball); finishing line; Gaul
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping)
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
to look down on; to make light of
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
research division; research club (e.g. at school, university)
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
to divulge one's true feelings; to open one's heart
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character