training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (vegetables, treasure, etc.); to mine (coal, ore, etc.); to top
then; well; so; well then
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
stop (bus, tram, etc.); station; stopping place
stopping (of a train, car, etc.); stop
mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
alighting (from a train, bus, etc.); getting off; getting out (of a car)
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound
river; stream; River; the ... river
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
vermilion (colour); cinnabar
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
male; manly; brave; larger (of the two); greater; (arch.) man
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to get hungry; to become hungry
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
each; (arch.) you (plural)
fork; junction; diverging point; turning point (e.g. in one's life); crossroads
on the occasion of; at the time of
left; left-hand side; left hand; the left (wing); leftist; fondness for alcohol
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends); planetary ring
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
print; printing; (printed) copy; handout; flyer
mountain stream; mountain torrent
along; parallel to; in accordance with