this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
bending; curving; warping (of feelings, logic, etc.); distortion; refraction; inflection
room connecting the two main rooms of a building; intermediate room
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
sea level; (surface of) sea
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length
to begin to do; to cater; to deliver food
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
poisonous; venomous; hateful; detestable; gaudy; garish
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
a great variety of; all sorts or kinds of; multifarious
witnessing; observing; sighting
dark brown; colour of tanned skin
kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
to get entangled (with each other); to get muddled together
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
to rustle; to sway; to stir; to flutter
to be sore; to be inflamed; to be bleary; to be dissipated; to be dissolute; to indulge in
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
slimy; slippery; greasy; smoothly (of CGI movements, video streaming, etc.)
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
algae; waterweed; seaweed; duckweed
wakame (species of edible brown seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida)
palm tree (any tree of family Arecaceae)
large tree; big tree; huge tree
ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines