near; close; beside; third person
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
to stick out too much; to protrude too far; to be too strong (e.g. of tea); to be too forward; to be too assertive; to be pushy
immediately; right away; on the spot
distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
only; merely; but; no more than
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
dissection; autopsy; analysis
twenty-seventh day of the month; twenty-seven days
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
prediction; prejudgment; presupposition; foregone conclusion
thing that should be (carefully) avoided; no-no; thing to definitely not do; something forbidden; taboo
to stand in (someone's) place; to be in a (certain) position
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to whine; to sing; to chirp
speaking voice; talking voice
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
slow; sluggish; dull; lax; sloppy; lenient
to torment; to torture; to harass
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
madness; craziness; insanity
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
human experiment; human experimentation; experiment on a living person
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost