seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
blame; censure; rebuke; reproof
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity
origin; beginning; source; rise
to concern; to be related
study; research; investigation
very rude; very insolent; extremely reprehensible; outrageous
interrogation; hearing; trial
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
explanation; matter under discussion; contents; one's opinion
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
occasional; infrequent; rare
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
theism; god's teachings; Shenism; Chinese folk religion
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
(large) compilation; culmination (of hard work)
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
descendant; posterity; offspring
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
origin; appearance of auspicious omen
mixture; intermixture; mixing up; contamination; creation of unorthodox words or phrases by combining terms of similar form or meaning
calamity; disaster; accident
pure-bred (usu. animal); pure-blooded; thoroughbred
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
(political) power; authority; influence
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
prehistoric era; prehistoric times; prehistory