placing in a list (top ten, popularity, sales, etc.)
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
proposal; proposition; suggestion
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
substitute (e.g. actor); substitution; stand-in; double
selection (esp. from many people for an important job position); exceptional promotion
glove (esp. sports); globe
looks; personal appearance; features
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
to grow taller (of people)
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
commonplace (of people or animals); ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; found around every corner
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
boy; son; baby boy; young man
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
change of voice (during puberty); break of voice
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
serious; severe; grave; acute