goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
every evening; night after night
shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine
to revere; to respect; to worship
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully
heretical religion; damaging religion; heresy
patterns of thinking; train of thought
to become broken; to break down; to be crazy; to be nuts; to be infatuated with; to be outdone (by someone)
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
wee-wee; pee-pee; number one
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration
collecting mania; mania for collecting; collectionism
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
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)
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
uneasy feeling; sense of anxiety; malaise
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
sooner or later; in time; eventually
boundary; (nuclear) criticality; critical (mass, pressure, temperature, state, point, etc.)
to cover fully; to wrap around
to brush away; to sweep aside; to repel (e.g. enemy); to drive away; to rout
underpants; pants; briefs; trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches
trunks (swimming, boxing, etc.); trunks (underwear); boxers; boxer shorts