silicon; silicone (oxidized form)
earpick; ear cleaning (with an earpick)
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
so; like this; in this way
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
eeny, meeny, miny, moe; eenie, meenie, minie, moe
frontier (esp. the American frontier); frontier (of a field); forefront (of science, technology)
pregnancy; conception; gestation
should; must; -able; probably; likely
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
author; writer; novelist; artist
very; much; greatly; a lot of
support; backing; aid; assistance
suffix for familiar person; indicates emphasis; (arch.) prostitute
a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
accompanying; being accompanied by; going with
filing a (criminal) complaint; reporting a crime
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
curse; spell; malediction
straw doll; straw figure; straw effigy
hundred times worship (e.g. walking back and forth a hundred times before a shrine offering a prayer each time)
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
par (in golf); equivalence; face value; parity
beyond this point; from now on; after this
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.)
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
to get back together (with a former partner)
to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to