qualifications; requirements; capabilities
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
nature; property; disposition
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
Japanese halfbeak (Hemiramphus sajori); stickleback
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
when; how soon; how long until
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner