to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
fruit of a tree; nut; berry
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
good for eating; ripe enough for eating; in season
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
innumerable; countless; numberless
to crowd; to flock; to swarm
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
singing of insects (esp. in autumn); sound of insects
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
even though; despite; when
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
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.)
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
possible; likely; probable