to increase; to add to; to augment
distinction; differentiation; classification
technique; art; skill; move
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
one's cherished opinion; pet theory
bulletin board; display board; notice board; electronic bulletin board; BBS
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to crouch; to squat; to cower
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
another thing; exception; special case
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
impressive; striking; memorable; impactful
innocent; cherubic; childlike
neutrality (incl. chemical, electrical, etc.); indifference; sexlessness; androgyny; neuter gender
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
manly; masculine; like a man
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
no, not like that (but like this)
middle of the night; dead of night
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody