cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
cilium; cilia; fine hairs
arriving first; first to arrive; moving first
weft; woof (crosswise threads on a loom)
difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps
various; diverse; different; divergent; divided; conflicting
to run (up hill, stairs, etc.)
pacing (e.g. in athletics, etc.); pacing oneself
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to help (someone) out of trouble; to rescue; to save
twisting (thread, etc.); twisted yarn; twisted thread; twine
early stages (of a game); opening phase
saving (e.g. time, money, resources); economising; economizing
to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag
taking a straight look at something; looking someone in the eyes
white background; blank; (arch.) female virgin
to be afraid (of); to be frightened; to be scared; to tremble in fear; to shrink in fear
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
to fail (in getting a job); to miss out (at fishing, hunting, etc.); to be left out; to be crowded out
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
to be free; to be available
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
fox cub; little fox; small fox; juvenile fox
what the?; what's going on?; what's this?
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
(sense of) rivalry; competitiveness
with a whizzing sound; with a whistling sound; sound of something whizzing by
to cheer; to applaud; to jeer; to mock; to make fun of
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
blizzard of falling cherry blossoms; flurry of falling cherry blossoms
function over aesthetics; (lit.) dumplings over flowers
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily