we; us; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to a group of one's equals or inferiors)
janitor; caretaker; custodian; (slighting reference to a) handyman
to employ; to hire; to charter
to grieve; to lament; to deplore; to admire; to sigh in admiration
stifled (laughter); simmering
hurrying (to somewhere); rushing; hastening; express (train)
tale; short story; sketch comedy; skit
to be found; to be discovered
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
person who is ...; thing that is ...
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
Rhizopogon rubescens (species of edible mushroom)
sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)
cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
cirrocumulus cloud; mackerel sky
four legs; four-legged; quadruped
counter for buildings, roofs, tents, etc.
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
dogtooth violet (Erythronium japonicum)
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
contradiction; inconsistency
look!; there!; here!; that is
jonquil (Narcissus jonquilla)
the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Horse (around noon, 11am-1pm, or 12 noon-2pm); south; fifth month of the lunar calendar
to go up in smoke; to burn down; to be cremated; to vanish into thin air
first of all; in the first place; to begin with; for starters
(arch.) division of the night (from approx. 7pm to 5am) into five 2-hour periods; the fifth of these periods (approx. 3am to 5am)
Maya (ancient Indian tribe in Central America)