hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
to pile up; to accumulate
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
very hungry; starving; ravenous
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
large build; large pattern
thing that reminds one of a particular season; poem about natural scenery; poem about a particular season
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
exposure; laying bare; baring (e.g. skin); (photographic) exposure
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring
to begrudge doing; to find bothersome
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
portion; part; snapshot; glimpse
quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
presence; appearance; attendance; visit; going out
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen
to bawl; to cry; to scream
gossip; corner of the mouth
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
chastity; virtue; fidelity
sacrificial pawn; sacrificed piece; sacrifice
true character; real nature
use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
cannot be avoided (of a problem, etc.); unavoidable; inevitable