medical efficacy; effect of a medicine
adsorption; adhesion (by suction); attachment; sticking to
unique; peculiar; singular
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
complete lie; outright lie
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
to spend time (on doing something)
story; tale; talk; discussion
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
to hide; to keep to oneself
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate
vinegar diluted with water
final scene; the end; finale
basicity; alkalinity; basic; alkaline
to become pale; to turn pale
balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
to have meaning; to be meaningful
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
to throw; to fling; to heave; to toss
to be reduced to ashes; to be cremated
by ones and twos; tears or flower petals falling quietly; gurgling bird sound; falling apart; crumbling; dish made from fiveleaf aralia sprouts, pickled daikon, walnuts, etc.
to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)
to thrust away; to send flying
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
plunging to one's death; death from a fall
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
horseback riding; sitting astride; straddling
face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety
taking a breath (while singing, swimming, etc.); short break; breather
field; farm; rural; agricultural; stray (e.g. dog, cat); unauthorised (esp. smartphone application)
painter; artist; drawing pictures; doodling; painting
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly