absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
to smack one's lips (over a dish); to eat with relish
address book; list of addresses; mailing list
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt
all over; everywhere; in every nook and cranny
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
to find out; to discover; to locate
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
solemn; sublime; grand; magnificent; impressive
this world; earthly world; secular society; ordinary world; everyday life; workaday world
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
to droop (e.g. ears of grain); to bow one's head; to hang one's head
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
halo; aureole; aureola; halo (optical phenomenon); glory
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
serious look (on one's face); straight face
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
essence; true nature; substance; reality
that is to say; so that means
failure; mistake; blunder
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising