nutriment; nutritious substance; nourishment
to dry up completely; to become stale
to approach (one's) death; to face (one's) death
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
comfort; consolation; diversion
grave; solemn; stern; authoritative; hard (e.g. fact)
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
to be ill; to suffer from; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...; to fail to ...
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
eternal; unlimited; endless
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
one's physical safety; personal security
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
private; informal; among one's people (group, friends)
applying (e.g. a technology); adoption
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
to attack; to assault; to assail
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
Japanese person; Japanese people
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
tank for holding excreta (often used for fertilizer) (fertiliser); night soil vat or reservoir; cesspool
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
gem; jewel; precious stone
to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall