showy; loud; flashy; gaudy
intercept; interception; counter-attack
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
light; light (colour, food, comedy, etc.); right; right field; right fielder
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job
dead end; blind alley; no through road (i.e. on signage); end; end of the road; end point
if you think about it; come to think of it
cavity; hollow; cave; hollow
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
to hit; to run into; to light on; to strike into; to come against; to deadlock
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
blood (in one's face, cheeks, etc.); colour; color; hot-bloodedness; hotheadedness; impulsive temperament
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
helper; assistant; help; assistance
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (of a book); (one) complete set (of books)
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
highest; uppermost; topmost; oldest; eldest
pentagram (as used in divination, etc.)
Latin alphabet; Roman alphabet; romaji; romanized Japanese; system of transliterating Japanese into the Latin alphabet