focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
nice; likeable; desirable
to project; to stick out; to stand out
light; faint; pale; fleeting
blue (colour, color); sad; down (in the dumps)
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
see-through (e.g. blouse)
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
long, slender and well-proportioned; smooth, continuous (movement)
limbs; arms and legs; body
buzzer; personal alarm (loud buzzer to attract attention in case of attack)
defense; defence; pleading; advocacy
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
womanly; ladylike; feminine
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
murder; homicide; manslaughter
devious; cunning; sly; crafty
key (to understanding); point (e.g. of an argument)
water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap
absorption; suction; attraction
cunning deed; sly trick; foul play; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
lightweight fabric or clothing; silk gauze; thin silk
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
in-house; (on) the grounds; (in) the premises; hall; theatre; theater
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
dark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy; tanned
point in common; common feature
height (of body); stature