to sprinkle water on (something); to spray water on; to splash water on; to hinder; to hamper; to stifle
to bear fruit; to produce a crop
felling timber; cutting down trees; logging; lumbering
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
position in a game; state of the game; situation; stage; phase
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (vegetables, treasure, etc.); to mine (coal, ore, etc.); to top
base; basis; bedrock; platform
running away; escaping on foot
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
diligent; earnest; attentive to detail; brisk (working, moving); frequent (e.g. checking)
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
with a crack; with a cracking sound; with one's veins about to burst (from pent-up anger)
to break (into pieces); to smash; to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.); to crush; to simplify; to make easy to understand
slope; slanting surface; bevel
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
all right; very well; there, there; patting (e.g. a child on the head); stroking
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
first time; first; initial
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
clear writing; specification
(sense of) story; (sense of) narrative; storytelling (within a work); plot; storyline
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to squander (one's money); to run through (one's fortune); to lose money (e.g. by gambling)
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to; all of a sudden
benefactor; patron; person to whom one owes a great deal; person to whom one is (deeply) indebted
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment
attaining enlightenment; becoming a Buddha; entering Nirvana; going to heaven; resting in peace; dying (peacefully)
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)