smooth; shiny; slippery; greasy; slurping (noodles)
gliding; sliding; skating (on ice); taxiing (aircraft); making a takeoff run
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
everywhere; everywhere one goes; wherever one goes
to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
break (in the weather, esp. rain or snow); interval of clear weather; patch of blue sky; (arch.) period of serenity
to leap out (e.g. onto the stage); to spring out; to jump (e.g. into first place); to shoot (e.g. to the top); to come to the forefront
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
rail (track); (curtain) rail; track (for a sliding door); groundwork; spadework
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
common use; communal use; sharing
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
to obligate; to make compulsory; to require; to mandate
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
to keep in contact (e.g. by phone, mail, etc.); to keep in touch
ancestor who rejuvenated a dynasty or a family
God; god; ace; king; superior person
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
to detest; to abhor; to loathe
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease