middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
nickname; alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume; other name
to recall; to remember; to recollect
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
they; those guys; those fellows
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet; to post on Twitter
(sea) voyage; navigation; sailing; passage; cruise
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)
fear; horror; risk; danger; awe; reverence
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
out of control; out of hand; unmanageable
parasol (esp. one carried in the hand); sunshade
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front); to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
parent; parents; dealer; banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
seeing things in a favourable light (favorable)
to deduct; to take away; to make allowances (for something); to bear (something) in mind; to ebb and flow
(physical) form; shape; visage; (facial) features; form (as opposed to substance); manner (of action); (resultant) state
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; lower radical of a kanji; money
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
things one is carrying; things one has on one's person; thing one owns; one's property; mistress; lover
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
trust (in); confidence; faith; reliance