far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
possessing full mastery of an art (e.g. Judo); initiation into the secrets (e.g. of an art); full mastership
to give; to do (something) for
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
unfit; unsuitable; unmarketable
(one acting as a) foster parent
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
expression; presentation; representation; notation
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
overcoming; conquering; surmounting; getting over
if so; in that case; in that situation
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
acceleration; speeding up
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
feeling of envy; jealous feeling
to surge (water or waves)
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
to fly into a jealous rage; to go mad with jealousy
arriving at the present; present-day; to arrive at the present day
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
complete devotion; body and soul; one's best
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind