the "ra" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ra, ri, ru, re, ro)
Chinese matrimony vine (Lycium chinense); Chinese wolfberry; goji
the heavens; the skies; celestial sphere; heavenly realm; deva realm
parallel world; parallel universe
to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
several times (as large, over)
to fan; to incite; to instigate
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Scaphium affine)
backward flow; backflow; countercurrent; reflux; regurgitation
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to install; to embed
home position; origin; usual place (for something)
untiringly; persistently; without losing interest
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
point of tangency; point of contact; (electrical) contact; point of contact (between); connection
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous; to be absurd
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
wise; clever; smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
to make one's story to seem coherent; to adjust one's story to fit the situation
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
staying behind; remaining; residual
to weave together; to interweave; to intermingle
just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of
contradiction; inconsistency
falsehood and truth; fiction and fact
to mistakenly say; to misspeak; to misstate (the facts); to make a slip of the tongue
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
to conspire; to act in collusion; to be hand-in-glove
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position