to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
virgin consecrated to a deity; shrine maiden; (spiritualistic) medium
exclusive; attached to; specialist
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
strategic arrangement of go stones at the beginning of a game; opening moves; preparations; preparatory steps; arrangements
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); difference; gap
configuration (e.g. of a computer or file); user preferences; system environment; environment setting
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)
flour; meal; powder; heroin
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
otherwise; or else; if not
to be consistent; to be coherent
dead of night; middle of the night; midnight; third quarter of the hour of the ox (2-2:30am, or 3-3:30am)
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air
death from cold; freezing to death
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
nightmare; incubus; succubus; demon appearing in a dream
latest work (e.g. book, film); newest work; most recent work
family restaurant (i.e. a restaurant with varied and inexpensive menu options); casual dining restaurant
(state of) apparent death; suspended animation
point in common; common term; common trait; common denominator
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to model (something) on; to be modelled on; to be made in the shape of; to symbolize; to represent
hunting ground; hunting preserve
quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance
gunport; embrasure; muzzle
to burst into flames; to fire (of a gun); to fan a fire with one's breath; to breathe fire; to spit fire
encroachment; invasion; erosion (e.g. of market share, rights); erosion; corrosion
beyond oneself; beyond one's ability; exceeding one's power
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of