thorough; exhaustive; complete
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
bad name; bad reputation; disgrace; dishonour; dishonor; stigma
return; giving back; giving up; relinquishing; surrendering
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full; at a maximum
knowing; being aware (of); (an) acquaintance
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
milk ejection; milk discharge
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
to cry out in one's sleep (e.g. from having a nightmare); to moan (in anguish) in one's sleep
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty
Japanese dock (Rumex japonicus)
mysterious; bewitching; alluring; enticing; enchanting
to smear all over; to slather on; to besmear; to paint heavily; to spread thickly; to bedaub (with paint)
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)
gap; narrow space between things; valley; gorge; loophole (in a castle wall); arrow slit
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to eat untidily; to eat messily; to eat a bit of everything; to leave things half-eaten; to dabble in (something); to try one's hand at (various things)
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
demon; devil; -crazed person; -obsessed person; dreaded; terrible
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to weave in (a pattern, colour, material, etc.)
-like; pseudo-; imitation; counterfeit; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; difference
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal
remainder; remnant; the rest; what is left; balance; leftovers
to overflow from something full
divergence; alienation; deviation; estrangement; separation; detachment