to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
to freeze; to become frozen; to freeze over
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
very hungry; starving; bowing repeatedly; kowtowing; denting; buckling
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
to be found; to be discovered
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
to state; to express; to say; to tell; to mention
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
beast; brute; animal; animal with human characteristics
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
dim light; faint light; half-light of early morning; twilight
to creep up to; to approach stealthily; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); coarse; catching fish with a net
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part
else; in addition; besides
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
to close (one's eyes); to shut
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
to push; to thrust; to press (down); to push (e.g. a button); to stamp (e.g. one's name); to affix (a seal); to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
even (e.g. even a child); as long as (it is, you are, etc.); (if) only; just
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to be hard (to do); to be difficult; to require much effort; to be laborious; to be backbreaking; to have trouble (doing)
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
soft; tender; gentle; mild; light (topic, book, etc.); informal
open-hearted; free and easy; frank; not being bothered by unimportant things
common cattail (Typha latifolia); broadleaf cattail; common bulrush; great reedmace
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
spoiled; half-rotten; decaying