to clear up; to become cloudless; to be refreshed
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of
to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim
moo (sound of a cow); moo-cow; moo-moo
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
hard to see; indistinct; obscure; painful to look at
conversion; shift; about-face; switch
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
to throw into; to toss into
hard struggle; strenuous effort
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
passage (of people, traffic); passing; common usage
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
permanent stationing; staying permanently; resident (program, file, etc.)
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
statute of limitations; lapse of rights after a period of time; becoming invalid or void after a set time; ageing; aging
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
major incident; major happening; big scandal
who on earth; just exactly who; who the heck
nuisance to other people; inconvenience to others
autosuggestion; self-suggestion
praiseworthy; commendable; laudable; strange (person); weird; odd
to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise; to lose one's legs
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
rhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)
presentation (e.g. of a gift)
munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)
singing one's own praises; praising one's own wares
eccentric; queer; unconventional; peculiar; original
both in name and reality; both in name and substance