blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
work; labor; labour; toil
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
until now; so far; up to the present
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
about; concerning; as to; regarding
to chase; to run after; to pursue
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
snow-white; pure; immaculate
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to border; to fringe; to hem; to edge
light; faint; pale; fleeting
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to be transparent; to leave a gap
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase