to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
although I say; although one might say; although called
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
two times; twice; two degrees
affection; love; fondness; tenderness
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
wetting; love affair; lover
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
flapping sound (of wings); fluttering; hum (of insects); whizz (of a flying arrow); whoosh
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
fast forward (e.g. VCR, tape deck, etc.)
excessive; too much; unreasonable
lack of uniformity; unevenness; imbalance; inequality; disproportion
light clothing; dressing light; light equipment; light armaments
temporary; transitory; short-lived
be (that) as it may; having said that
clip-clop; clippety-clop; clamshell cellphone; flip cellphone
to see; to look; to watch; to try to ...
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to make come true (e.g. a dream); to realize; to fulfill
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
to knock together; to strike against each other; to clash; to arrange (e.g. a meeting); to discuss (in advance); to coordinate
victim (esp. someone killed); casualty
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
from the beginning; from the first; of course; not to mention ...; not only ... but also ...
to become vulgar; to coarsen
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day
to make a circle (of a motion, arrangement, etc.); to move (e.g. one's head) in a circle; to form (the shape of) a circle; to draw a circle
anything; whatever; whatever one likes