dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
light (color, taste, etc.); faint (e.g. smell); pale; faint (feeling, hope, etc.); fleeting; slight
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
god; deity; god-tier; incredible; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
as you see; as you can see; in accordance with what you see
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to show off
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
to look old; to become time-worn; to become worn out; to become old and grubby; to become musty
stone; rock; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); (round) game piece
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
ideogram; ideograph; ideographic script
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
lifespan; life; lifetime; life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life
first generation; founder
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
founder; originator; pioneer
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
farming; agriculture; cultivation
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
meaning; significance; sense
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
carving; engraving; chiselled features
record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)
demon; devil; -crazed person; -obsessed person; dreaded; terrible
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
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)
blank space; margin; blank canvas
out of character; unlike one