to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
afterlife; the next world; the world beyond
fading; faded colour; faded color
to become frosted; to become frosty
colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel
innocent; cherubic; childlike
halo (around the Sun, Moon, etc.); ring; corona
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
frost; white hair; grey hair; gray hair
vast; limitless; boundless
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
deflation; contraction; shrinking; constriction
to stare back at; to look back at
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
chance encounter (worth treasuring); a connection made with another person by chance
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
to become settled; to be fixed
misrecognition; mistaking (x for y)
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
talking in delirium; incoherent muttering
exposure; laying bare; baring (e.g. skin); (photographic) exposure
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
scrap of cloth; odds and ends
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
hail (esp. hailballs under 5 mm); graupel; dicing; small cubes; roasted mochi pieces (usu. flavoured with soy sauce, etc.)
freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
to beg forgiveness; to ask for someone's pardon; to ask for permission
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...