to get strong; to gain strength
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter
fine-looking; beautiful; handsome; graceful; elegant
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
to become pale; to turn pale
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
to be transparent; to leave a gap
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
describing; comparing; form; figure; personal appearance; one's face and figure
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding