to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation (to one's fate); acceptance; observation and contemplation
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
to ask a question; to ask questions
event; phenomenon; matter
whydunit (detective story)
why; how; for what reason
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
corresponding to; being applicable to; being relevant to; coming under; falling under; fulfilling (requirements)
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then
grave maintenance; grave keeper
to leave the nest; to go out into the world; to become independent (of one's parents); to graduate (and become a member of society)
graduate; alumnus; alumna
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; node (of a plant stem); joint
enrolled student; registered student
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
confidence; trust; faith; credit
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
clearly; distinctly; evidently; definitely
worm-eaten; moth-eaten; holes eaten in clothing, leaves, etc. by caterpillars, moths, etc.; leaf warbler (any bird of genus Phylloscopus); chiffchaff
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
compensation; reparation; price (of achieving a goal); cost; paying compensation on someone's behalf; compensation
to need; to call for; to require
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
Western Europe; the West; the Occident; Europe