to misfire; to come to naught; to end in failure; to fizzle out; to fall flat
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
ascending air current; updraft; upward trend; rise in popularity, influence, etc.
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)
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
small; fine; detailed; stingy
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
coagulation; freezing; solidification; curdling; setting; congealing
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
sleet; daikon shavings; grated daikon; shaved ice topped with honey
to rain incessantly; to downpour
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
drop (e.g. of water); drip
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
coating; film; membrane; tunic (plants); capsule
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
vaporization; vaporisation; evaporation
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
to be a matter of life or death
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
mercilessly; relentlessly; unsparingly
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit