one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
one (thin, flat object); one sheet
to blow against; to spray (paint, etc.; onto a surface)
change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
mechanism; mechanics; machines; mechanic
all sorts of things; (anything and) everything; by all means; at any cost
to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
research; study; investigation
technical; specialist; professional; exclusive
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
will not do; do not; does not
to name; to call; to christen; to term
function; facility; faculty; feature
ray (of light); beam; light
mean; malicious; scheming; wicked; black-hearted
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine); omikuji
excellent luck (esp. in fortune-telling)
to hide; to keep to oneself
fortune-telling; divination; fortune-teller; diviner
bad luck; ill fortune; misfortune
to re-grip; to re-wrestle; to regroup (after some adverse event)
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
to come in (of rain or snow); to be blown in
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
section; cross section; profile
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
serious; severe; grave; acute
leak; leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
to devise a plan; to work out a plot
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
copy; photocopy; book jacket blurb; (advertising) slogan
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably