great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique
shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place
to slide down (snow, etc.)
luxuriant growth; rankness (of weeds)
growing en masse in one location (of plants); living gregariously (of animals); living in flocks, herds, colonies, etc.; all animate creation
moss; short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
old man's beard (any lichen of genus Usnea)
to be scattered; to straggle; to be found here and there
Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica)
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
repetitious; long-winded; heavy (taste); (overly) rich; gaudy (colour, design, etc.); loud
copper pheasant (Syrmaticus soemmerringii); mountain bird
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
so (e.g. so much, so close, so many, so few)
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude
great cause; moral law; justice
repaying a kindness; gratitude
event; phenomenon; matter
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
implement for carrying heavy loads, generally made of bamboo and woven grass or rope
to remove; to clear away; to except from; to make an exception of; to lay aside; to set aside
comparatively; relatively
(balance) scales; shoulder carrying pole; steelyard
parallelism; running parallel (to, with); running concurrently; occurring at the same time; not reaching an agreement (e.g. of a debate)
to burrow through; to dig through
embankment (for road, railway, etc.); raising the ground level; fill
to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive
to hull (rice, barley, etc.); to pound (rice); to polish (rice); to stamp (ore)
to be perfectly clear (water, air, etc.); to clear up
to twist hard (e.g. arm, screw)
to sniff out; to get wind of
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe