to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
recent past tense (e.g. passato prossimo in Italian); present perfect; recent past
(archeological) remains; ruins; relics
(electrical) outlet; (wall) socket; power point
connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction
lighting (a lamp); turning on a light
stroboscope; strobe lamp; stroboscopic lamp; (camera) flash
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
turntable (record player); railway turntable; car turntable; baggage carousel
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
a little bit; a little while
Casa Branca (Brazil); Casablanca (Morocco); Casablanca (1942 film)
to tilt (esp. head); to lean; to incline; to slant
the other day; lately; recently; during this period
phantom; vision; illusion
hetero-; heterosexual; hetero; heterozygote; heterozygous
rich person; wealthy person; taking good care of things; keeping things for a long time and taking care of them
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
barrette; hair clip; hair slide; hair band
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
barefoot; superior to (e.g. a professional); outdoing; outshining
to throw off (clothes); to cast off; to fling off; to cast off (old ideas, habits, etc.); to discard
symbol (of something abstract); emblem; (symbolic) representation
meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence