sentimental; mushy; saccharine; sickly-sweet; sugary
to cense; to burn incense
blond hair; blonde hair; golden hair
to face; to go towards; to head towards
charm; incantation; spell; curse
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
magical powers; supernatural powers; spell; charm
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; marijuana; cannabis; not genuine
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; thing inside one's body believed to influence one's thoughts and feelings; (one's) unconscious; nervousness
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to (go and) do; to make (a blunder, mess, etc.); to perpetrate; to achieve; to accomplish; to pull off
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
to slide into; to slip into
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
living thing; living creature; animal; life
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
(state of) apparent death; suspended animation
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
charge (electrical); recharging; charge (fee); topping up (a contactless smart card); recharging; refuelling; charge
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
to seal (e.g. a letter); to prevent (e.g. movement); to forbid; to block (e.g. speech)
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence