development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
convenience; handiness; usefulness
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
complex; intricate; complicated; confused; troublesome; vexatious
leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
cherry blossom (colour, color)
to pull tight; to brace; to tighten
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
to run around; to bustle about
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
personification; impersonation; embodiment
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
pyramid-style; pyramid-shaped
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
coward; weakling; scaredy cat; wimp; sissy
in tufts; tufty; bushy; thick; luxuriant
one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to rise; to erect; to get up
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)