progress; being under way
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
bright light; hope; bright future; light emanating from a buddha or bodhisattva, symbolizing their wisdom and compassion
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
living thing; organism; creature; biology
degree (of something); greatness or smallness (of something); quantity; number; amount; size
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual
creation; generation; formation; derivation
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
somewhat larger (amount); quite a lot; a little more (than usual); a little extra
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
beginning; clue; starting point
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
novel; original; new; innovative
holy water; urine (esp. as related to urolagnia)
to allow (someone or something) to come near; to let get close
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
ignoring (one thing) for (another)
general idea; concept; notion
body; physical system; (the) person
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
specialization; specialisation
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
character of a place; situation; location; occasion
no exception; without exception; always the same
the world in general; society; convention