metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
caution; admonition; prohibition; ban; punishment; (arch.) caution
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
birthplace; origin; cradle; motherland
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
solitude; loneliness; isolation
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
reality; actuality; hard fact
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key