fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
another kind; distinct species; variety
living thing; organism; creature; biology
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
time; season; period; phase; stage
(organ) rejection; unthinking dismissal; strong reaction (against)
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
talking about one's love interests; girls' talk; gossiping
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to move forward; to move on
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
breakthrough; great discovery
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to shake one's head (in denial)
the opposite sex; isomerism
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
lately; recently; nowadays
same-sex marriage; gay marriage
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
how others look at you; what others think about you
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)