loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage
object of adoration, longing
living flesh; flesh and blood; physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva
life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
instead; but (on the other hand)
to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
origin; source; beginning; starting point
origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive
ocean; large sea; fabric pattern
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
to waste time; to kill time
homeostasis; homoeostasis; constancy
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca)
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
to look forward to something
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
to love; to cherish; to show favouritism to; to be partial to; to fondle; to caress
anthropoid ape; anthropoid; ape
troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
satisfying; pleasing; gratifying
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
deformity; malformation; strange shape; unusual shape
mother's body (esp. when pregnant or after giving birth); parent body; parent organization; base