(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity; (online) comment
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
company; friendship; association; (romantic) involvement; dating
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
failure; mistake; blunder
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
interpretation; explanation; reading; construction
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
perfect; complete; flawless
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon
(very) unusual; unconventional; eccentric; novel; original; striking
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
trap (for catching animals); snare; trap; trick; ruse
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); because ...; for good reason; there is a (good) reason that ...
meddling (in); butting in; interference; poking one's nose into
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
impact (on); (strong) impression; effect; impact (of a ball against a racket, bat, club, etc.)
swing (of a golf club, tennis racket, etc.); swing; swing
leaflet; flyer; scattering; sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top; writing in an irregular hand
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
attire; dress; clothes; clothing; costume; garb
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
two-tone coloring; two-tone colouring
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
to be able to tell apart; to distinguish; to recognize
traffic light; traffic signal; signal (mechanism); semaphore (apparatus)
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever