cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
(walking a long distance) at a steady pace; trudgingly
joint; seam; joining point
material; material properties; quality of material; quality of wood; quality of lumber
to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)
expression; presentation; representation; notation
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted
performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
hegemony; leadership; initiative
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
to suffice; to serve the purpose; to be satisfied
guidance; leadership; leading the way
both; both sides; both parties
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
chief; main; principal; major
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
conviction; belief; confidence
way of speaking; intimation
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
terminus; last stop (e.g. train)
spell; charm; incantation; magic word
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
to pile up; to accumulate
to forget completely; to leave behind
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
secret passage; underground passage; loophole; hole one can go through; opening
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
confronting directly; meeting face-to-face
stock-still; motionless; frozen in place
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong