small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
to love; to cherish; to admire; to appreciate
faint; indistinct; dim; vague; subtle; delicate
sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake
crying in sympathy; infectious crying
clean; clear; pure; honest; clean
with a whizzing sound; with a whistling sound; sound of something whizzing by
with a bang bang (e.g. repeated sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace; with great vigor
to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces
deep emotion; strong feelings
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
to be wet (with tears); to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
warning; caution; admonition; keikoku (penalty in judo)
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; frightening
one's body; one's person; oneself; one's appearance; one's place (in society, etc.); one's position
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
shrill voice (esp. of women and children)
vertical shaking (of an earthquake); pitch (of a ship, aircraft, etc.); pitching
so; therefore; and; (and) then
to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest
innumerable; countless; numberless
to burst open; to pop; to split
to begin to fall (of rain, snow, etc.)
river surface; surface of a river
yen (currency of Japan); circle
ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound
gently (raining); drizzling; moist; damp
as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); wherever (e.g. one's feet take one); according to
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
backwash; rip current; stern wave; drawback (of a tsunami, i.e. when a wave trough reaches land before a crest)