to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
vermiculation; peristalsis; crawling like a worm
sticky; syrupy; weakly (of a flame); gently (e.g. boil); dozing off; napping
falling apart while cooking
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; breakfast (in Zen temples)
encroachment; invasion; erosion (e.g. of market share, rights); erosion; corrosion
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
to melt (steel, etc.); to liquefy; to soften; to melt (one's heart); to disarm
sweet (taste); luscious; sweet (melody, dream, etc.); delightful; pleasant
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair); grip (e.g. of death)
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
euphoria; eudemonia; euphoric
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
to struggle in the water; to be drowning; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)
sweet words; smooth talk; cajolery; flattery; sycophancy
to decline (of morals, character, etc.); to become vulgar (e.g. of a conversation); to stoop (to); to be ruined; to go under; to fall (into hell)
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
trance; ecstasy; enthusiasm
animal passions; carnal desire; lust
remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue
curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
to impose a punishment (on); to punish
with a squish; with a splat
exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away; getting rid of
you (plural); all of you; you all
hand game (e.g. rock-paper-scissors)
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
to become stormy; to become rough (of the sea); to fall into ruin; to become neglected; to become rough (of skin); to get chapped