to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
first 10 days of the month
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
to torment; to torture; to afflict; to harrow
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
to wake; to wake up; to wear off (of drunkenness, anaesthesia, etc.); to regain consciousness; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
light (color, taste, etc.); faint (e.g. smell); pale; faint (feeling, hope, etc.); fleeting; slight
to grope; to feel around (in one's pocket, bag, etc.)
calamity; disaster; accident
series (of something); range (e.g. of mountains)
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge
trouble; difficulty; hospitality; treatment; treat
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
appearing drowsy or intoxicated (of eyes, actions, etc.)
since when; from when; how long
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
read-only memory; ROM; lurker (in an online community)
to dry up; to shrivel (up); to go (completely) dry; to wither (of talents, feelings, etc.); to become desiccated (e.g. of ideas)
body; physical system; (the) person
to rise; to get up; to stand up; to sit up
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to burn; to burn down; to be roasted; to be thoroughly cooked; to be sunburnt; to fade (in the sun); to glow red (i.e. of the sky at sunset)
charcoal; charred remains
wound (suffered in a fight)
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven