to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to offer a (monetary) prize
tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing
to be able to tell apart; to distinguish; to recognize
paper-thin (difference); razor-thin; very slight
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
at the same time; at once; just as ...; the moment ...; (but) at the same time; as well as
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
to become hoarse; to become husky
street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)
contradiction; inconsistency
to be mixed in with; to blend with
I feel that ...; I feel as though ...; I have a feeling that ...; I have the impression that ...; I think that ...
to recognize (by sound); to identify; to differentiate (voices, sounds, etc.); to (listen and) understand; to listen to reason; to be reasonable
transcontinental railroad
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
from the viewpoint of; according to
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
homa; Buddhist rite of burning wooden sticks to ask a deity for blessings
counter for doses of medicine, etc.
small; fine; minute; stingy; cheap
daggertooth pike conger (Muraenesox cinereus); conger eel; garden eel
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
activity; action; occupation; business; sexual intercourse; sex
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
reopening; resumption; restarting
hostility; antagonism; opposition