to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
resentment; indignation; anger
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
to shrivel (e.g. cut vegetables, skin); to wilt; to fade; to wither; to be wizened
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints
pure; innocent; naive; unspoilt; pure-hearted; ingenuous
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
lively; vivid; vigorous; being born and raised; growing up
hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling
wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land
national customs and manners; provincial song or ballad; waka (classical Japanese poetry, as opposed to Chinese poetry)
(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut
whaa whaa; sound of a baby crying
Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes)
night air; stillness of night; cool evening
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
dripping wet; soaked; drenched
arame (species of kelp, Eisenia bicyclis)
(arch.) all together in a line; (arch.) all together in a lump; dressed sloppily; overdressed for the occasion
to dig out; to hollow out; to cut into
blood spilt from the body; blood circulating within the body (often as a metaphor for strong emotion or hot-bloodedness)
other; another; over; more than; I; me
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
to overflow from something full
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
disappointed; dejected; disheartened; indignant; angry
to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); gobbling up
to wheeze; to breathe with difficulty; to gasp
muttering voice; murmuring voice
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
new school (of thought, etc.); new drama