sanity; consciousness; soberness
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
several weeks; a few weeks
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
straw doll; straw figure; straw effigy
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
loss (of something); disadvantage; mistake; error; flaw; defect
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly
to cringe with fear; to cower with fright; to be terribly afraid
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
power; might; authority; influence
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
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.)
God; god; ace; king; superior person
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
place of scenic beauty; scenic spot; beauty spot
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over
two (long cylindrical things)
to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise
ancient Japanese (as spoken in Japan until the Middle Ages)