soft; fragile; weak; poorly built; insubstantial
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
the farthest ends; the furthest ends
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
closing one's eyes; passing away; dying peacefully
knot (nautical mile per hour)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down in boxing); count (of radioactivity)
throwing down; dropping; airdrop; investment
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
hectic; bewildering; bustling; dizzy
gyro; gyroscope; gyro; gyrocompass
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
succeeding; following; trailing; next
container (e.g. shipping); skip
absorption; suction; attraction
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
crunching; chewing or crushing something hard; hard and crunchy; very skinny; emaciated
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
slide (for projection); transparency; (microscope) slide; to slide; to slip; to shift (e.g. a group of items in a schedule)
damper; dance party; dance partner
evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance
right on; dead on; fitting to a T; on the button; perfectly correct
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
abandonment; giving up; throwing away; disposal; dumping
your will; your pleasure; your wish; certainly; as you say; you are quite right
suddenly; all of a sudden
to run about trying to escape
demilitarization; demilitarisation; demilitarized; demilitarised; unarmed
guard; security (officer); guardsman
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon