to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
strangely shaped rocks; massive rock of unusual shape
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
appearance and disappearance
embayment; gulf; indentation
on the road; on the street; in the street; on the way
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
top (of a mountain); summit; peak; height; orgasm; climax
climbing to a high spot; ascending the throne
commemorative plaque (usu. on a stone); stone monument (bearing an inscription)
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
one four-of-a-kind and one three-of-a-kind in a dealt hand; three and a four (in dice games)
(arch.) to sink; (arch.) to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish
tip of a brush or pen; (force of a) writing style
copy (of the real thing); copying; reproduction; tracing
to leave (a mark, trace, etc.); to print; to stamp; (arch.) to be a sign of; (arch.) to be an omen for
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
steep peak; steep ridge; high rugged mountain
ranking equal with; comparing favourably with; comparing favorably with
mountain stream; mountain torrent
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
escaping the summer heat; going somewhere cooler during the summer; summering
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
Hida (city, region of Gifu Prefecture, Edo-period province)
in the mountains; among the mountains
pons (pontes); pons Varolii; pontine; part of the brain stem (links the medulla oblongata and cerebellum with the midbrain)
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
cavern; cave; cave system; grotto
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to tower; to rise; to soar