to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to be dark; to be dull; to be unassuming; to be inconspicuous; to not stand out
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
without optical correction (glasses, contact lens, etc.)
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
fate; destiny; predestination
clear; precise; definite; distinct
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well
root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
as (for); for; in the capacity of
mixed race; mixed parentage
father's side of family; paternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)
great-grandmother; great-grandma
fox (esp. the red fox, Vulpes vulpes); fox (i.e. a sly person); soba or udon topped with deep-fried tofu; light brown; golden brown
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
nature; property; disposition
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent