to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)
unloading (cargo, etc.); discharge
to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
confusion; mixing; merger
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
the principle of fluidity and immutability in haiku; Haiku is both "fluid and transitory" and "eternal and immutable."; An interchange between the transient and the immutable is central to the soul of haiku. (Basho)
youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
summer fires and winter fans; useless things
egoistic; selfish; self-willed
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
subtext; implication; connotation; implicit meaning; between the lines
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
to envelop; to blanket; to cloak
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
to go past; to pass; to pass by
to be breathtaking; to be stifling
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
hard to understand; Byzantine fashion
large; gland; ground (e.g. land, electrical, base material of textiles, etc.)
sunlight; rays of the Sun
to have a reason; to have an excuse
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
something worth mentioning; something to count on; something problematic
vast; boundless; vague; obscure
confusion; distraction; derangement