poetic sentiment; poetic interest; poetic inspiration
to fascinate; to enchant; to possess; to bewitch; to enthrall
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
to suffer a disappointment; to feel let down; to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
patterns of thinking; train of thought
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)
decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)
trump; trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor
to distribute; to hand out
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
minuteness; one millionth
having no idea; having no clue
canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
to teach someone a lesson; to show someone a thing or two; to show someone what one can do
to be cloying; to be sick and tired with; to be disgusted with; to stink
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to be helpful
to outwit; to get the better of; to leave (an opponent) dumbfounded; (lit.) to expose (someone's) nose
triumphant; exultant; in high and proud spirits
defeating; crushing; smashing; destroying
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
small-sized; small-scale; miniature; small; little; tiny
constant; steady; constant
to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
birth date; date of birth; DOB
word game; wordplay; playing with words
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus