speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
going backward; turning back; backtracking; regression; retrogression; relapse
electricity; (electric) light
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
feeler; tentacle; antenna; touching (with one's hand); feeling; sensing
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient in some way; lacking something
to become better; to improve
substance; true form; main part; main unit; object of worship (at a shrine, temple, etc.); noumenon
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
delay; lag; falling behind; falling behind in; lagging behind in
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
mega- (i.e. 10^6); mega; enormous; huge
heel (of a shoe); heel; bad guy; player of villain roles
important point; emphasis; iteration mark; colon (punctuation)
simple substance (e.g. chemical); something standing alone; separate item; solo item
continuation; succession; series; continuous
promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on
restoration to life; coming to life again; reformation; rehabilitation; recycling; reclamation; playback
numerical value; figure; result; reading (on a meter, etc.)
blackhead; dark discoloration; blackening; (black or dark) tarnish
weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
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)
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
eagerly (waiting); (waiting) impatiently
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
drop (e.g. of water); drip