so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
tie-dye; tie-dyeing; aperture (e.g. camera, iris of the eye); aperture stop; contraction; squeezing
flour; meal; powder; dust
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
cannot be compared with; no match for
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
muddiness; murkiness; impurity; Japanese voiced consonant mark; unrefined sake
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
to be collected; to be gathered (e.g. mushrooms, etc.); to be harvested; to be able to collect; to be able to mine
dated; date; fixed; external
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
good quality; fine quality; superior quality; high quality
sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)
to a great extent; impressive; staggering; horrible; complete; whole
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
whispering; murmuring; subdued
careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking
well-informed person; walking dictionary; extensive knowledge
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
one's self-possession; one's presence of mind
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off