sudden drop; sharp fall; nosedive; swoop
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
to yell; to shout; to scream; to bawl
quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
to cover fully; to wrap around
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.); thick; vague (as in being unable to think clearly); dim
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
wave motion; undulation; surge; wave
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?
to leap out (e.g. onto the stage); to spring out; to jump (e.g. into first place); to shoot (e.g. to the top); to come to the forefront
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
light; right; right field; right fielder
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
standing tall; towering; soaring
to harm; to cause harm to
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
to stretch; to reach to; to stand on tiptoe
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
to run down (stairs, etc.)
to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
succession; continuation; series; sequence
to run out of breath; to get breathless; to get puffed (out)
proposal; proposition; suggestion
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin