phantom; vision; something fleeting; short-lived dream; fabled item; mythical thing
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
soft; tender; gentle; mild; light (topic, book, etc.); informal
hardness and softness; hard line and moderate line
in proportion to; just as much as
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
libel; defamation; slander; character assassination
to interfere; to butt in; to interrupt someone
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
popular name; common name; given name
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot
celebrity; famous person; public figure; big name
right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
degree of familiarity; popularity; name recognition; notoriety
to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
rampaging; raging violently; going berserk
drunken frenzy; drunken violence; person who is prone to violence when drunk
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
truthfulness; credibility; sincerity; honesty; good faith
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
scandal; impropriety; misconduct
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)