maintenance; preservation; improvement
Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)
edition; version; plate; block; counter for editions of a publication
the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); the five phases; five practices of the Bodhisattvas; the five pillars of Islam
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to bring into solution; to lose (money; through gambling, etc.); to squander
to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
to apply (of a rule); to be applicable (of standards, lessons, ideas, etc.); to hold true (e.g. of a description); to fit; to be suitable (e.g. of a word); to meet (requirements)
to withdraw into oneself; to shut oneself away; to seclude oneself
(in) the air; midair; sky
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy; (tactical) advance or retreat of troops
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
fireball; bolide; fireball
extensive; vast range; wide scope
muddy place; mud; mire; sludge; slush; quagmire
muddy; covered with mud; mud-caked
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
disastrous flooding; kelpie; water demon that brings floods or disasters
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
transition; changeover; switchover; transfer (of powers, weight, etc.); shift (e.g. of centre of gravity)
losing everything; suffering a total loss; coming to nothing; (lit.) having lost the interest and the principal
to leak (urine, feces); to soil one's pants; to dump (untreated waste, sewage, etc.); to discharge (untreated effluent); to leak (information, secrets, etc.); to bleed (a deficit, losses, etc.)
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
to gulp down (alcohol, poison, etc.); to quaff; to down
swigging; gulping down; guzzling; quaffing
covered in mud; mud-caked
shell (e.g. electron shell)
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.); poor decision; bad move
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
assessment of the situation; judging according to the situation
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten