coincidence; conformity; anastomosis; inosculation
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
dozens; scores of; decades
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
penetration; permeation; transmission
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
fantastic; magical; wondrous; whimsical; fairytale-like; romantic
incision; operation; section
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence
(your) daughter; young woman
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
wrong; different; not like that
to demand money; to pester; to extort
future (usually near); prospects
to attempt; to test; to try out
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
to do for (the sake of someone else)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
tool (esp. software, etc.); tour (e.g. Tour de France)
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
muscle-brain; meathead; hot-blooded idiot; person who charges in before thinking
technical skill; ability; capacity
to draw (a line); to demarcate; to mark; to plan
job; work; duties; trade; skill
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
at some point in the past; at some stage