light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
core (of planets, stars, galaxies, etc.); nucleus (of comets, galaxies, etc.)
compression; condensing; shortening; compression (of data)
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
transition; changeover; switchover; transfer (of powers, weight, etc.); shift (e.g. of centre of gravity)
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
one's body; one's person; oneself; one's appearance; one's place (in society, etc.); one's position
to be anxious (about); to be concerned (about); to think out (e.g. a plan); to work out; to investigate
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
to follow; to come along (with); to accompany; to come with (something); to follow as a result (of); to be incidental (to)
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
research institute; (research) laboratory
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
as if; as though; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest; really; completely
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper; to scold; to tell (someone) off
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
whim; caprice; fancy; capricious; fickle; whimsical
living thing; living creature; animal; life
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...