frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
to lean against; to set against
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
low shoes; shoes; informal riding shoes without an ankle strap
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
to send (something) flying; to splatter; to drive (something) off
front; frontage; facade; main
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
lattice; latticework; window bars; grid; grating
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
cut; clip; shear; reap; trim; prune
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
3 Japanese feet; waistband; belt; cloth girdle
blushing (with shyness); flushed face
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
fundoshi; loincloth; kimono underskirt; wrestler's ornamental apron
Mecopoda nipponensis (species of katydid)
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
southern sky; heavenly bamboo (Nandina domestica); nandina
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
counter for leaves, pieces of paper, etc.; (arch.) counter for boats
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
three; three years of age
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
occasionally; now and then; sometimes