plate (e.g. nameplate, license plate); plate (dish); (tectonic) plate; (home) plate; pitcher's mound; plate; plate
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
each house; every house; many houses
brown; light brown; tawny
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become indistinct; to become impure (of one's heart, a society, etc.); to be corrupted
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
Shen Long (spiritual dragon in Chinese mythology); Shen-lung
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to be discouraged; to shrink from
to reach out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to get involved in; to embark on; to start a fight; to get physical with
to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
evasion; avoidance; recusal (of a judge)
hostility; animosity; enmity
store brand; straight bond; station break; full-back (in soccer); social business
distinction; discrimination; discernment; identification
code; program; code; regulation; code; symbol set; cord
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing (on a typewriter)
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
disdain; contempt; scorn; abhorrence
being present (at the same meeting, occasion, etc.); attendance (with); sitting with; same (seating) precedence; same rank
impression; strong belief (of the judge); conviction
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
to detest; to abhor; to loathe