effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
poisonous; venomous; hateful; detestable; gaudy; garish
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
face; mask; face guard; striking the head (in kendo); surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
abandoned building; derelict building
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
distant view; looking from a distance; being able to see a long distance; good long-distance vision; farsightedness
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
one round; one turn; one size (larger or smaller); one cycle of the twelve years of the Chinese zodiac
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
to grow; to cultivate; to let grow (e.g. weeds)
two (long cylindrical things)
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); raw; live (i.e. not recorded)
to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
process; course; mechanism
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day
to make progress; to develop; to evolve (method, style, etc.)
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
even if not; even without
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce; to bring about; to cause; to produce (e.g. results)
if it is (the case that ...)
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
to play a leading role; to play a central part
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
to fix; to settle; to standardize; constant; definite; uniform
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
hint; suggestion; clue; suggestion
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly