note; memorandum; memo; memoirs; personal account
to originate (with); to start (with); to stem (from)
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
one's dominant hand; person of ability; skilled person; master-hand
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
to enclose (a word, letter, symbol, etc.) with a circle
to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
fingernail mark; scratch; scars (e.g. of war); traces (of damage); ravages
other self; alter ego; to be split off (of a part of oneself); to clone oneself; incarnations of Buddha
fragment; broken piece; one of the same group; accomplice; one of a pair; counterpart
agave; maguey; American aloe; century plant (Agave americana)
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to (forcibly) separate (a couple, family, etc.); to force apart; to tear apart
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
to tie up; to bind; to tuck up (clothes, etc.)
pointing down; pointing downward; (market) decline; downturn; downward trend
to strangle; to constrict
to rise; to swell; to intensify; to increase; to grow stronger; to get higher
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
sweaty; sweat-drenched; covered in sweat
sign; indication; trace; somehow; for some reason; seeming to be
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
fastidiousness; love of cleanliness; uprightness; integrity; scrupulousness
wheat straw; barley straw
doubling; marked increase; multiplying; redoubling
to build a nest; to nest; to hang out (of a bad group); to be based (in); to lodge (in one's mind; of an evil thought, delusion, etc.); to be planted
curtain; hanging; veil (of darkness, mystery, etc.); mantle
Caesarean section; Cesarean section; C-section
mincing; cutting; rapping (a percussion instrument); beating; shredded tobacco; interval
gatekeeper; doorman; porter
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
thrush (esp. the dusky thrush, Turdus naumanni)
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
(waka) poetic sentiment; waka-composing mood; solid grounding in waka; meaning of a waka poem
to gush forth (e.g. water from a spring); to flow (out); to well up (of tears, emotions, etc.); to flow out (of tears); to emerge; to suddenly appear