noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism
furnishings; implements; equipment
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
you could say that; that might be so
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
how can (one) do something
this world; this life; world of the living
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to accept (a gift or money)
extensive; vast range; wide scope
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
want to ... do something; would like to ...
to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)
obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
to dry (clothes, etc.); to desiccate
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to adjust; to regulate (e.g. rhythm, tune, one's breathing)
sleeping place; bedroom; bedchamber
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to border; to fringe; to hem; to edge
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand