to put together; to combine; to join together; to match against (e.g. in a sport)
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
story; tale; talk; discussion
heroine; female protagonist; heroine; heroic woman; brave woman
sentence structure; grammatical construction; syntax
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
from now; from this moment; henceforth
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
rash; thoughtless; imprudent; careless; frivolous
true state; actual condition; reality
to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
age difference; disparity in age; age gap
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
magician; wizard; sorcerer; witch; mage
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak
mysterious; bewitching; alluring; enticing; enchanting
inveiglement; cajolement; wheedling; enticement
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot
to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
to apply (of a rule); to be applicable (of standards, lessons, ideas, etc.); to hold true (e.g. of a description); to fit; to be suitable (e.g. of a word); to meet (requirements)
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
fengshui practitioner; fengshui master
diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer
prophet; predictor; prognosticator
experience; history; record; career
prediction; prophecy; prognostication; (religious) prophecy
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
real thing; original; actual
to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark
way of solving (a problem); solution
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking