scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
posterity; future generations
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
stumbling; failure; misstep; setback
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
parhelion; sun dog; sundog (bright spot on either side of the Sun caused by refraction of sunlight through ice crystals in the atmosphere)
night under the midnight sun; white night (at extreme latitudes); night during which the sun doesn't set
in order; in turn; one by one
being outstanding; excelling; being foremost
prosperity; glory; splendour; splendor; majesty; luxury
great person; eminent figure
to look upwards; to look up
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
unfairness; injustice; partiality
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
(social) position; status
another kind; distinct species; variety
courageous; brave; bold; valiant
to throw oneself (into an activity)
should do; ought to do; must do
somehow; without knowing (it); unconsciously; unthinkingly
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
compression; condensation; constriction; compaction
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
self-deception; self-deceit
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
fall; tumble; spill; degradation; comedown; demotion
dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action