to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
environment; surroundings; circumstances
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
back (side); reverse; B side (of a record); secret levels; hidden levels
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
it is written that ...; ... is written; it says ...; it reads ...
diffuse reflection; diffused reflection; irregular reflection
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
arrow (symbol); (romantic) interest (for a certain person); direction (of one's attention, etc.)
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
how; in what way; by what means
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
(explanatory) diagram; illustration
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
spreading; disseminating; scattering; diffusion (of light, gas)
obstruction; hindrance; blocking; disturbance; interference; interruption
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)
two sheets (of paper or other flat objects)
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
pat; tap; pop; crack; cutesy suffix applied to names
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
to turn on; to switch on; to light up