mixture; intermixture; mixing up; contamination; creation of unorthodox words or phrases by combining terms of similar form or meaning
distinction; differentiation; classification
consecutive; continuous; successive
transition (esp. in scientific contexts)
aimless; rambling; desultory; casual
to feel at ease; to feel relaxed
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
connection; link; relationship
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
to tower above the rest; to be by far the best; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above
praise; admiration; exalting; extolling
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on
smoky; awkward; ill at ease
firmly rooted; deep-seated
antipathy; reluctance; resistance
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
to be disgusted; to be repulsed; to get the creeps
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
very busy (person or thing)
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough
square; formal; prim; stuffy
deadlock; stalemate; impasse; dead end
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
appearing for the first time (esp. vocabulary, kanji, etc. in a school textbook)
to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce