adhesion; stickiness; viscosity
minute; micro; detailed; delicate; subtle
pair (esp. of mated animals); brace; couple; (anatomical) joint
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
to jar; to creak; to grate
creakily; close (i.e. with no room to spare)
diminutive; dwarfish; pygmy; narrow (e.g. thinking); small
to watch over; to watch attentively
extremely; terrifically; super
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
emperor (of Japan); mikado
crown; diadem; bottle cap
blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology); Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)
toxicity; virulence; toxic; virulent; poisonous
to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to lob (e.g. grenades)
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
to sum it up in one word; ... is the word for it
ocean; large sea; fabric pattern
supreme ruler; conqueror; champion; winner; titleholder
the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
bottom of the ocean; seafloor; seabed; undersea; submarine
quiet; still; surreptitious
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
foolishness; silliness; stupidity; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
to be lacking in options; to be too few
to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on
control value; minimal required value