grayish color; greyish colour; grizzled hair
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
web; World Wide Web; WWW; Web
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
boom; bang; wham; Oh my God!; What a shock!
thunderstruck; hit by a thunderbolt; struck by lightning
stage of ennui (esp. in one's married life); period of lassitude; lethargic period; rut
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe
hard (e.g. penis); strong (e.g. beat of music); throbbing (e.g. headache); blaring (e.g. rock music)
suddenly; unexpectedly; by chance; accidentally; lightly; nimbly
hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh
glutinous rice steamed with red beans or some other ingredient; (arch.) trickery; (arch.) deception
to be commonly referred to as; as people say; as the saying is; they say
avoided by everybody; disliked by everybody; (lit.) not even a dog will eat (it)
in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones
basin (e.g. between mountains)
to be gouged; to be hollowed; to become hollow
heartbreak; grief; sorrow
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
unable to do one's work; can't get anything done
personal use; private use; private business; personal business
watchful waiting; careful supervision
to push away; to push aside; to shove
inspection; reading; perusal; browsing (the web)
personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis
to get carried away; to become over-excited; to push one's luck; to push a good thing too far
appropriate; suitable; proper; fitting
to start for home; to head for home; to make for home
Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis); soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae)
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern
Japanese yam (Dioscorea japonica)
foods topped with grated yam
tempura; deep-fried fish and vegetables in a light batter
loss of (self-)confidence; inferiority complex
energy; vigor; vigour; vitality
thank you for the meal; that was a delicious meal; what a wonderful meal
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out