to begin to walk; to set out
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
gently sloping; gentle; gradual; smooth (process); gentle (e.g. tone of voice); slow (e.g. growth)
wave (on water); wave (electromagnetic, sound, etc.); wave (in hair); wave (audience); Mexican wave
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed
multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
light (color, taste, etc.); faint (e.g. smell); pale; faint (feeling, hope, etc.); fleeting; slight
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
encroachment; invasion; erosion (e.g. of market share, rights); erosion; corrosion
question; inquiry; enquiry
to throw at; to turn; to raise
omniscience and omnipotence
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
the most; the best; the greatest; supreme; unrivalled; unsurpassed
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
snugly; cosily; compactly
to speak; to hear a voice
excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool; to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
decoration; ornament; trimmings
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
proper; respectable; decent; honest
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
lumping together (things or people); treating (everyone) alike; handling indiscriminately; making sweeping generalizations; dealing with (various things) under one head
young person; young people; youth; young employee; young manservant; young follower
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
personality; character; individuality; personhood
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious