association; union; guild
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
greatly; very much; thanks a lot
district; quarter; enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; red-light district
East Asian age reckoning; traditional system of age reckoning whereby newborns are considered one year old and on New Year's Day one year is added to everyone's age
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
to paint (draw) a picture
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
anguished; distressed; worried; horny
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
rushing around; running wild
life; living; I; me; student
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
to dawdle; to waste time doing nothing in particular; to fret; to sulk; to rain on and off
overcoat; exceeding; going over; exaggerated; over the top; over par
severe cold; intense cold; bitter cold
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
scuttling (to escape in a panic, in shame, etc.); scurrying; scrambling
February; second month of the lunar calendar