village; hamlet; countryside; country
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
the ocean; the great deep
to fade; to lose colour (color); to discolour (discolor)
describing; comparing; form; figure; personal appearance; one's face and figure
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent
Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident); ocean; sea; foreign; Western
water and sky; Varuna; Vedic god of water and sky (adopted into Buddhism as god of water and protector of the west)
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
science (inc. mathematics, medicine, etc.); natural science; science department (university); science course; science (as a school subject)
(how) many times; (how) often
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
smell (esp. a good smell); fragrance; scent; aroma; perfume
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
to sway to and fro; to drift about; to flutter; to be fickle; to be irresolute; to vacillate
while; even though; despite
polish (jewels); cultivation
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
stone wash basin found in Japanese gardens
having done ... by mistake; having messed up ...
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
to shake; to sway; to waver
to jostle; to crowd; to haggle
snow-white; pure; immaculate
water's edge; beach; shore
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise