close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
process; course; mechanism
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
to end one's life; to commit suicide; to end a life; to kill
to commit suicide; to end one's life; (lit.) to choose death
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
hello; good day; good afternoon
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
insurance; guarantee; warranty
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
to name; to call; to christen; to term
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
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)
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
revelation; manifestation; appearance; expression (e.g. in molecular biology; protein expression or gene expression)
pre-established harmony (Leibniz theory); harmonie préétablie; (events) proceeding in a predictable fashion; turning out the way everyone expected; convention
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
simply; merely; only; solely
going backward; turning back; backtracking; regression; retrogression; relapse
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing (on a typewriter)
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
to follow (someone's) example; to imitate; to copy; to learn (by observation)
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
to rearrange (classes); to recompose; to reset; to recombine (genes)
shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship
irregular; bad bounce (in tennis); bad hop (in baseball)
and so; therefore; for that reason
integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
reconstruction; reorganization; reorganisation; reconstitution; reconfiguration