hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
counter-current; adverse tide; regurgitation (of blood)
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
putting an idea into someone's head; suggestion; hint
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
no wonder; little wonder; after all; as expected; which isn't surprising
to quicken one's pace (steps)
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
pile; pool; gathering spot; waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring; liquid runoff from miso preparation; tamari
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
free; unrestricted; (with) complete mastery; completely in control
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
what percentage; what ratio; what rate; what proportion
upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above
menial; meanness; servility; abject
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
loud laughter; roaring with laughter
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
but; however; provided that
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
to be born; to come into the world