to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
one's true worth; one's true self; what one is really made of
originally; by nature; from the start
absurd; irrational; unreasonable; absurdity (philosophy)
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
in the end; after all is said and done; (lit.) when the striped mullet is fully grown
clear layer of fluid (at the top of a mixture); supernatant liquid; supernate
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to have a catch; to have an ulterior motive; to be more (to something)
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
the reverse; other side; lining
to see through; to see the true nature of something
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity
to continue to do; to persist in doing
in deep black; in jet black
mask; disguise; guise; mask
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
invincible; unrivaled; unrivalled; matchless; unbeatable; undefeatable
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
final; eventual; ultimate
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
limit (amount, e.g. on credit card, loan, expenditure)
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
licking; lapping up; (eating up) quickly; gobbling up