complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
rustling of leaves; rustling of grass
everybody; every last one of them; all
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
to bring; to take; to bring about
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; pregnant (pause etc.)
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
cellophane tape; (transparent) adhesive tape; Sellotape; Scotch tape
best; extra-fine; superfine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; by far
secret art; the mysteries
divine possession; eccentric behavior; fanaticism
something used to cover the eyes; blindfold; blinder; concealing one's home such that the interior cannot be seen from outside
secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
miraculous; wonder-working; magical
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power; authority; influence
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
tedious talk; impertinent talk; repetitious talk; saucy speech; pretentious statement
ups and downs; bobbing up and down; rising and falling; ebbing and flowing
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
near oneself; close to one; familiar
revival; resuscitation; revitalization; rejuvenation; regeneration
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
reduction by half; halving
prank; practical joke; horseplay; mischievous trick
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
evacuation; emission (e.g. of CO2, etc.); ejection
something or other; anything
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
incident; affair; happening; event
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream