may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate
to be worn down; to be reduced
sole (of a shoe); sole (fish)
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
covering; filled in; complete; total; cliched; clichéd; plaintext
flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to faint; to lose consciousness; to feel overwhelmed; to be astounded
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
sound recorder; tape recorder
featureless (face); expressionless; flat; flat (terrain); smooth
low tone; bass; low voice
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
because of; owing to; due to
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
with a bang; with a crash; with a bump; suddenly (fall); sharply