yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
to pass away; to join the majority; (lit.) to enter the death register
loud laughter; roaring with laughter
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
completely (quitting, etc.); entirely; thoroughly; cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
security guard; doorkeeper
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to play; to sport; to frolic
leading; guiding; commanding
random attacker; slasher; demon who brings misfortune to houses or people he passes by
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
to get slightly dirty (all over)
to pull over one's eyes (e.g. hat); to wear pulled down over one's eyes
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
draft; draught; cold air entering through the crack of a door or window; cooling off of a relationship; draft of cold air between two persons
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
length and width; length and breadth; four cardinal points; every direction; as one wishes; as one pleases
exaggerated; overblown; pretentious
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé; rectangular dessert (usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)
to become settled; to be fixed
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
a cut above the rest; superior; one field; one matter; suitably; reasonably
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)