day something goes on sale; date of issue; release date
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
for example; for instance; e.g.
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
degree of perfection; level of completion; degree of completion
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
longed-for; anxiously awaited
business world; business circles; (the) industry
difficult to ...; hard to ...
still; even now; to this day
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
sharp; harsh; stinging; thorny; snappy
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
template; run of the mill; formulaic
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant
scenery; scene; landscape
misprint; misspelling; typo; typographical error; erratum
omitted character; omitted letter
application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to speak ill of; to disparage