strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
(vengeful) ghost; specter; spectre
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
witnessing; observing; sighting
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
to bewitch; to confuse; to enchant; to delude
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
to harmonize; to harmonise; to be in harmony; to say the same thing in unison (inadvertently)
to hang over; to cover; to lie over; to fall on one's shoulders; to become one's responsibility; to become a burden
outskirts (of a town); run-down district
disorder; chaos; confusion
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency
meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect
construction; architecture (of buildings)
to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply
lattice; latticework; window bars; grid; grating
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
episode; anecdote; vignette
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs