purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
(your) daughter; young woman
mediation; agency; agent; mediator; middleman; go-between
something like ...; something called ...
waterway; canal; channel; swimming pool lane
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to devise; to plot; to plan
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
hinge; joint (esp. an anatomical joint)
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
sluice gate; water gate; flood gate
force of water (current, stream, jet, etc.)
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
here and there; in places
shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place
broth; soup (esp. miso soup)
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
concavity; hollow; depression
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
ring; band; ring; circum-
like this; in this way; as you see
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
group; (free) radical; counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
every person; each one; everybody
head; lead; vanguard; first
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability