to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
decoration; ornament; trimmings
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
restoration; repair; mending
limited; limiting; restrictive
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
core; core; hardcore; all-out
substitute article; back-up
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
to trace back to (the origins of something)
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
to grow light; to become white; to turn grey (gray)
very great; enormous; serious
divide into four pieces; one fourth
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
certain; definite; clear; credible
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
peace talks; peace negotiations
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble