to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
breeding; raising; rearing
succession; continuation; series; sequence
to let dry; to kill (vegetation); to season (lumber)
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to be opposite; to face each other
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
to accept; to receive; to agree
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
solitude; loneliness; isolation
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
address (e.g. of house); residence; domicile
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
that's the way it is; such is life
to be born again; to make a fresh start in life
genuine article; real thing; real deal
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to take someone's life; to kill someone
to be able (to); to be possible (to)