to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer
blindness; blind (e.g. love, faith); reckless
sister (sibling); (Catholic) sister; sister (female partner in a homosexual relationship)
substance; true form; main part; main unit; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.); noumenon
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage
rise; increase; upload; posting online; close-up; completion of filming; upswept hairstyle
fall; decrease; knocking down; flooring; being out of action (due to illness, exhaustion, etc.); being down (e.g. with a cold); going down (of a computer system, server, etc.)
aptitude; aptness; suitability
step; stair; shelf; layer; grade; level; dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
in parentheses; in brackets; parenthesized; bracketed
main point; essential point; important thing; necessity; need; requirement
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
moderate; reserved; modest; temperate; restrained; low-key
afterlife; realm of the dead
pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
authority; power; influence; (an) authority (on); expert
supercompensation; overcompensation
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)
dignity; eminent; high ranking; high-order (digit, bit, etc.)
recovery characteristics (e.g. of electrical sensor)
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at); to be intimidated; to feel daunted
decision; ruling; award; arbitration
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
to sway to and fro; to drift about; to flutter; to be fickle; to be irresolute; to vacillate
lump of meat; piece of flesh; human body
merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
creation; generation; formation; derivation
invitation; bringing over; bringing about; giving rise to; causing
work; business; company; study
erasure; deletion; elimination (of variables); extinction
becoming red-hot; red heat; scorching heat; burning (love); passionate (e.g. debate); ardent
occupation; profession; job; vocation; career; trade
tree (esp. a Christmas tree); tree (structure, diagram, etc.); thread (on Twitter)
rebuild; reconstruction; reassembly; renovation
optimization; optimisation
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
indeterminate form; undefined; indefinite; unstructured
consent; agreement; acceptance; understanding; satisfaction (e.g. with an explanation); being convinced