to slide into; to slip into
cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
bubblingly; foamingly; sinking or rising while giving off bubbles; cute and chubby; pudgy; puffed up
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
small stream; brooklet; murmuring (as of a stream)
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
(a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead
scraps of seaweed; death at sea (metaphor)
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
thought; consideration; thinking
eyes and nose; looks; facial features; shape; form
much less; to say nothing of
carrion; decaying flesh; tainted meat
with a whack; with a thump; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; vacantly; blankly
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh
central part; heart (of a city)
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
to come and go; to go back and forth
to kowtow (to bow from a kneeling position such that the forehead touches the ground); to prostrate oneself; to give a deep, reverent bow
sticky; syrupy; weakly (of a flame); gently (e.g. boil); dozing off; napping
to entwine; to follow about
to prostrate oneself before
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
(public) peace; stability; tranquillity
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
rain water; "rain water" solar term (approx. February 19)
hokora; small wayside shrine
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
as you see; as you can see
moment by moment; hour by hour