precocious; precocious child
mature woman; middle-aged woman
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
conformity; alignment; tuning; same tone; same pitch
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
(starting) from nothing; from scratch
creation; Creation (by God)
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
red string of fate; in Chinese-Japanese folklore, fated lovers were said to be joined by an unseen red string, tied around one little finger of each
to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. an idea); to accept (e.g. advice); to harvest; to reap
disassembly; dismantling; decomposition; resolution; factorization
noisily; with loud footsteps; in a crowd; incessantly; all together
to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard
beating someone up by ganging up on them; facing a barrage of criticism
chamber; room; home of a monk; monk; Chinese "room" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
maneuvering behind the scenes; backroom deals; dodgy dealings
central; main; just (done); counter for consecutive losses
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
feigning illness; pretending to be ill
backward flow; backflow; countercurrent; reflux; regurgitation
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esophagus; oesophagus; gullet
severe wound; serious wound; gash
artery; arterial road; major route
in a ward; within the ward; within the zone; within the district
to get blurry vision; to get bleary eyes; to get dim eyesight
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
revolving lantern; ever-changing scene (e.g. life flashing before one's eyes)
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
step; stair; shelf; layer; grade; level; dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
basic mistake; careless mistake
heigh-ho; heave-ho; alley oop
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
exit; way out; outlet; vent
recipient; receiver; skilled practitioner (of judo, sumo, etc.); person who picks up the cards (in karuta games)