the more one looks (at it) the more...
sizzle (sound of meat cooking); shrill droning of a cicada
raindrops; falling drop of water; intravenous drip; IV; drip-feed
spring water; clear (pure) water
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate
to be reluctant to do; to hesitate to do; to refuse to do; to be unable to do
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
study; diligence; discount; reduction
to read to the end; to read through; to read from cover to cover
preparatory reading; preparation (for a lesson); reading through (e.g. a script); rehearsal (of a play)
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl
invincible; unrivaled; unrivalled; matchless; unbeatable; undefeatable
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
ditch; drain; gutter; trench
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
loose (of clothing); baggy; flabby; saggy; sloshing; slopping
muddy water; red-light district
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax); night heron
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
beach; water's edge; coastline; national border; before entering the country
to trample down; to devastate
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
depending on the circumstances; due to (with modifying verb)