birth; creation; formation
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
grasp; catch; understanding
to attempt; to test; to try out
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
participation; joining; entry; adherence
blow; shock; strike; batting
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
step; stride; counter for steps
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
consequence; outcome; result; blame
to get between; to be caught in
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
to cut out; to clip from; to extract
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
finishing blow; coup de grâce
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
in the belly; in one's heart of hearts