companion; follower; attendant; retinue
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
to become pale; to turn pale
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
to take a nap; to catch forty winks; to catch some Z's
clear; clearing (a bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball); clearing (e.g. a checked box)
air hole; windhole; ventilator
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
to achieve results; to be successful (in a venture, etc.)
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
to install; to equip; to mount
third stage; three stages
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
tissue paper; tissue; facial tissue; facial tissues
clip (paper, surgical, etc.); hairpin; hair slide; curler
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
messy; untidy; disorderly; higgledy-piggledy
to throw into; to toss into
to embezzle; to misappropriate; to peculate; to accustom oneself to using; to use for a long time
model (of machine, device); model of aircraft; type of aircraft
mobile; mobile (sculpture)
specialization; specialisation
internal (e.g. disk); built-in; equipped (with)
bulky and heavy; massive; solid; dignified; imposing; composed
identification; ID; identity
tag; slip; label; sticker
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
to write down; to record; to register
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
scene; spectacle; sight; view
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
electrical outlet; wall socket; power plug
dancing or jumping for joy
no matter how much time passes
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
early autumn (fall); seventh month of the lunar calendar