to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
water (esp. cool or cold); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
dripping wet; soaked; drenched
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
to stick (to); to cling (to); to adhere (to); to stay (in a place); to stick close (to someone); to follow (someone) around
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)
hmmm; uh-huh; murmur indicating approval, comprehension, etc.
moment by moment; hour by hour
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
spirit; sprite; energy; vigor (vigour); fine details; semen
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
to scoop; to ladle out; to trip up (e.g. someone's legs)
road; path; way; set of practices; moral education; Buddhist teachings; Taoism
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (vegetables, treasure, etc.); to mine (coal, ore, etc.); to top
ground; earth's surface; land; lot; plot
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
to be tripped up; to be too drunk to stand
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to ward off; to avert; to put aside
to manage something successfully; to be successful
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown
such; this sort of; like this
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
completely; entirely; all; in large amounts; a lot
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)