twelve o'clock; noon; midnight
temple bell rung 108 times on New Year's Eve
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
space; interval; space character; whitespace
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
continually; continuously; incessantly; without interruption
to continue to rain or snow
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
silence; stillness; quietness
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)
combination; union; binding; bond
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
absorption; suction; attraction
dull; uninteresting; boring; drab
inorganic matter; mineral matter; cold; inhuman; robotic
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
house where one was born; one's parents' house
guardian; protector; patron; parent
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
first year of junior high school; first-year junior high school student
sound of two hard thin objects rubbing together; crunch crunch
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
serious; severe; grave; acute
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy
release (e.g. information); disclosure (legal); show; indication; display