serious; severe; grave; acute
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin
corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings; bend (in a road, river, etc.)
research; study; investigation
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
top of the head; crown of the head
toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
suffix used to negate a verb in the non-past tense
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
one line; one stretch (e.g. of road); earnest; resolute; (arch.) one bloodline; (arch.) one clan
bright light; hope; bright future; light emanating from a buddha or bodhisattva, symbolizing their wisdom and compassion
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to taste; to taste of; to have a taste
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to jump down; to leap down; to jump off; to leap off
to be completely boiled; to be sufficiently boiled
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
getting a lump in one's throat; overflowing with feelings; chest full of; lungs full of
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall