to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
melancholy; gloom; depression
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
preservation; retainment; keeping
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
as much as possible; unbeatably; unsurpassably
stagnation; hindrance; delay
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
highlighter; highlighter pen
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
nature; property; disposition
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
dear friends; (all of) you or those men
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
doing together (as equals); sharing; common (land, etc.); joint (statement, etc.); cooperation; co-operation
large ball; giant ball (e.g. as pushed by competing teams in a school sports day)
rolling (something); knocking down; fishing with multiple hooks on a weighted line; repeatedly buying and selling
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
long, slender and well-proportioned; smooth, continuous (movement)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; (arch.) money