to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
feel (of something); touch; texture; feeling; impression
to push back; to press back; to force back; to (refuse and) return (something); to give back
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to take a breath; to take a short rest
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
trembling slightly; quivering softly; swaying gently; softly; springy
to rock; to shake; to swing
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
inside; interior; inner part
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
to slide into; to slip into
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
deep (hole, forest, snow, etc.); dense (e.g. fog); thick (e.g. weeds, woods); close (e.g. relationship); deep (involvement); intense (e.g. longing, flavor); severe
meddling; fumbling; fondling; playing around with something
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
sidelong glance; short grain (paper); kanji "net" radical at top
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
all; entire; whole; altogether
full-length portrait or statue
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
circulation; rotation; cycle; loop
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
percent; per cent; percentage
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat
to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
knowing; being aware (of); (an) acquaintance
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
to hit (e.g. with a car); to knock down; to reject; to eliminate; to refuse (e.g. a request); to deny; to flip