lovely; cute; charming; sweet
face; looks; countenance; vestige; trace; reminder
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
standing while holding onto something (of an infant or toddler)
16th day of the month; 16 days
wooden building blocks; wooden bricks; playing with building blocks; piled timber; piling up wood
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
(taking a) spectacular photograph; photo taken at just the right moment
to be photographed; to be projected
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
timer; time switch; stopwatch; time keeper; self-timer; (delay) timer
experience; history; record; career
previous generation (of a family); previous head of the family; predecessor; previous age; previous generation
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
date and time (of a meeting, departure, etc.); days and hours
good handwriting; skillful penmanship; speedy writing; vigorous writing
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
rather than; more ... than ...
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
dull; uninteresting; dry; insipid; boring; prosaic
odds and ends; all; every
deep affection; devotion; profound attachment
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
facing downward; lying face down; upside down; prone
with a pat; with a tap; with a pop; with a crack; casually (throw); carelessly
to reheat; to steam over; to bring up again (a problem that has been dealt with); to take up again; to drag up
breakwater; mole; seawall; bulwark; shield (e.g. against critcism); protective barrier
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
journey; route of a journey
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; to appear on the cover of a magazine
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
acceleration; speeding up
sporadic; disconnected; discontinuous; scattered; at intervals; random
dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall
gastrocamera; gastroscope; upper GI endoscope; gastroscopy; upper GI endoscopy
dense; thick; rich (flavour, colour, etc.); deep; strong (smell); heavy
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere