shooting star; falling star; meteor; blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)
to look old; to become time-worn; to become worn out; to become old and grubby; to become musty
these days; nowadays; today; at this time (of day); at this hour
old furniture; curios; secondhand goods
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
to be slippery; to be slimy
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
artificial object; man-made object; artifact; artefact
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
outward appearance; looks
one class (of students); one group (of people); one set (of items); one pair
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
shivering; trembling; shuddering; shaking
depending on; dependent on
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
gap; narrow space between things; valley; gorge; loophole (in a castle wall); arrow slit
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
again and again; repeatedly
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
check (pattern); plaid; check; inspection; check (mark); tick; checking (something) out
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
to some extent; to a certain extent
protest; refutation; pleading
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
to be reduced to (e.g. poverty); to end up as
combination; union; bond; join (in relational algebra)
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
difficult person; good-for-nothing; pain in the ass (arse)
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
to shut in; to confine (in); to seal in; to contain; to suppress; to restrain
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")