to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
enumeration; citation; listing
one (thing); one piece; one item
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
spell; charm; incantation; magic words
northern or southern lights; aurora borealis or australis
mountains and rivers; natural surroundings
cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); straw raincoat that makes one invisible
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
secret of nature; profound secret; disposition; character; emperor's health; emperor's well-being
local procurement; local content; sourcing locally
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
aestheticism; pursuit of beauty; obsession with beautiful things
lightning; electric illumination; light from an electric source
one color; one kind; one tendency; being the sole mood, sentiment, focus of attention, etc.
behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness
substitution; replacement; permutation; substitution; displacement
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
charm; incantation; spell; magic formula
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)
to do (something) before (something or someone else); to be ahead of (others, the times, etc.)
bipartite; in two parts; double
dirty; underhand; immoral; illegal
magnification; leverage; amplification; competitiveness rating (e.g. for university entrance); applicant-to-acceptance ratio
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
attacking one opponent then immediately attacking another
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
discernment; penetration; keen insight; your discernment; your insight; your conjecture
to shorten one's life (through hardship, etc.); to hasten one's death
synchronization; synchronized swimming
good bargain; (a) find; godsend; (a) steal
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy