stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
parallelism; running parallel (to, with); running concurrently; occurring at the same time; not reaching an agreement (e.g. of a debate)
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
undesirable friend; bad company; bad companion; partner-in-crime (i.e. good friend); close friend; buddy
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
moment; brief space of time
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
dice; die; baton (of command)
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
in one's own way or style
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality
flowers; beautiful; spectacular
seeking the bizarre (abnormal, grotesque, etc.)
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
absurd; irrational; unreasonable; absurdity (philosophy)
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
rafflesia (Rafflesia arnoldii); monster flower; stinking corpse lily
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
to arrange beforehand; to make a sign to each other; to conspire
to differ; to vary; to disagree
to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon
to stare back at; to look back at
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)