absorption; suction; aspiration; attraction; draw
atmospheric current; air current; airflow
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
to misfire; to come to naught; to end in failure; to fizzle out; to fall flat
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
ascending air current; updraft; upward trend; rise in popularity, influence, etc.
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
cooling; refrigeration; cooling down (of a political conflict, etc.); calming down
thin (air); weak (liquid); dilute; lacking (enthusiasm, consideration, substance, etc.); insubstantial; deficient
small; fine; detailed; stingy
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
solidification; congelation; coagulation; condensation
to account for; to make up; to occupy (a place, position, etc.); to hold (a rank, seat, etc.); to occupy (one's mind, heart, etc.); to weigh (on one's mind)
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to whirl; to eddy; to swirl; to whirl around (of feelings, thoughts, etc.); to swirl around; to surge
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
sleet; daikon shavings; grated daikon; shaved ice topped with honey
to rain incessantly; to downpour
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)
minus; subtraction; negative (number); deficit; loss; disadvantage; drawback
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
drop (e.g. of water); drip
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
coating; film; membrane; capsule; tunic
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
vaporization; vaporisation; evaporation
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
to be a matter of life or death; to be life-threatening
three times; thrice; many times; over and over again; repeatedly
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless