to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
document; letter; writing; contents (e.g. of a letter)
worm-eaten; moth-eaten; holes eaten in clothing, leaves, etc. by caterpillars, moths, etc.; leaf warbler (any bird of genus Phylloscopus); chiffchaff
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
everywhere; at every turn
handwriting; handwritten; hand-painted; hand-drawn
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
decipherment; interpretation; making out; identification
solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation
palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards
opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.)
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
former site (of something); site (e.g. of a demolished building)
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
label (i.e. sticker); label (i.e. record label)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
document; official papers
indicates means of action; cause of effect; by
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
to be needed; to be wanted
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
indicate reason; infers some protest
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie
around the clock; day and night
life story; personal narrative; story of one's life
to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel
no; that's wrong; it's not like that; isn't it?; wasn't it?