term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
living thing; organism; creature; biology
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
soft; tender; gentle; mild; light (topic, book, etc.); informal
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
type; style; mold; mould; kata (set sequence of positions and movements in martial arts); style (in kabuki, noh, etc.); convention
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
point in common; common feature
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
wild; freakish; madcap; crazy; hysterical
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
for example; for instance; e.g.
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
-like; pseudo-; imitation; counterfeit; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism
resistance (to heat, corrosion, etc.); tolerance (to a drug, pain, etc.); resistance (to drugs, pesticides, etc.)
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; quality; inherent characteristic; property
grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment
collision; crash; impact; clash; skirmish; conflict
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake