quagmire; sludge; mud; slush; mire
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
light offered to a god or Buddha; votive light
to crowd; to flock; to swarm
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
although; though; despite the fact that ...
to be wrapped up (e.g. in a blanket); to cover oneself
clear weather; cloudless weather; good weather
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
miserable; pitiful; tragic; painstaking
beginning; commencement; first (one comes to); approaching; affability; approachability
small; fine; minute; stingy; cheap
rice paddy with a thick layer of mud at the bottom; muddy rice field
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
type of dyeing method or pattern; silk printed by the Yuzen process
regularly; promptly; sound of clashing swords; Manchu queue; padded sleeveless kimono jacket; Japanese vest (often for children)
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.
Leghorn (var. of chicken)
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
quantity or volume of water
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
to remove; to clear away; to except from; to make an exception of; to lay aside; to set aside
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times