fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
with difficulty; faltering; tottering; awkward
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
false pregnancy; pseudocyesis
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
how many years; how long; what year
to become late; to fall behind; to lag; to pass (of time)
to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be given an award; to be gifted or endowed (e.g. with a talent); to be blessed (e.g. with a child); to be initiated (e.g. into a secret)
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
normalcy; normality; normal
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
sign; indication; omen; symptom
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
the opposite sex; isomerism
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to discuss; to talk together
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
congestion (with blood); hyperemia; hyperaemia
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
about when; about what time; how soon
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times
to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else