assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
taking in; bringing in; capturing (e.g. customers); attracting; confusion; bustle
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
many; numerous; various; large number of
manners and customs; folkways; usage
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to originate with; to start with; to stem from
secret ceremony; ritual; sanctum sanctorum
person concerned; interested party; related party
insular; closed; unsociable; exclusive
proficiency; mastery; becoming proficient (in)
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
eagerness; enthusiasm; fervor; excitement; fighting spirit; fighting mood
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
one cause; one reason; one factor
swelling; enlargement; becoming fat; hypertrophy
tumor; tumour; neoplasm; neoplasia
attachment (to); tenacity of purpose
one's dearest wish; Buddha's vow to save humanity
harm; evil; poison; blight; harmful influence
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
(public) peace; stability; tranquillity
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
essence; true nature; substance; reality
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
dark red; dark brown; reddish brown
(parasitic) host; landlord; innkeeper
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
to tame (e.g. animal); to domesticate