captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
to watch to the end; to ascertain; to determine; to know thoroughly; to obtain a deep understanding of
to look at each other; to exchange looks; to correspond (to); to be proportionate (to); to be in keeping with
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in a web browser)
to make oneself known to the public; to become popular; to gain influence
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
highest (e.g. floor); top; best; finest; supreme
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
to be impolite; to be discourteous
various countries; various regions; various provinces
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
billboard; advertising tower; face (of a company, group, etc.); poster girl; poster boy
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
stairs; stairway; staircase
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
the heavens; the skies; heaven; deva realm; ascending to heaven; death
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
porcelain; china; chinaware
root; source; origin; cause
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
land of the gods; Japan; Heaven
entrance; entering; admission; admittance
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start; beginning
heart attack; to have a heart attack
relation of cause and effect; causal relationship; causal link; causality
establishing proof; demonstration; substantiation
to introduce oneself; to announce oneself (e.g. as the person sought); to come forward (e.g. as a witness, with a claim, etc.)
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
vulgar person; low-life; sleazebag; (arch.) lowly person; (arch.) person of humble rank; (arch.) peasant
(smelling) strongly; pungently; angrily; furiously; indignantly
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)