preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
drainage; draining; pumping out (water); displacement
rain water; "rain water" solar term (approx. February 19)
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
another; one more; (not) quite; (not) very; lacking
(not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) altogether
street; quarter; district; area
several times; a few times; several degrees; a few degrees
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
hesitation; wavering; faltering; balking; recoil; flinching
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
lolicon; (sexual) attraction to prepubescent girls; someone attracted to very young girls; lolicon; someone attracted to young or young-looking female characters
not exceeding ...; not more than ...; below (a standard, level, etc.); under; the following; the below-mentioned
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
as a child; when one was a child
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
quickly; promptly; immediately; indifferently; coldly
to come near (to); to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.); to overhang; to hang over
great speed; recklessly fast speed
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
massing (of troops); gathering
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
pleading; entreaty; supplication; petition
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
tremblingly; having the chills (through fear, cold, anticipation, etc.)
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
process; course; mechanism
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit
foul-smelling; stinking; intolerable (behaviour, attitude, etc.); unbearable; disgusting
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to spend (time); to pass; to overdo (esp. alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to take care of; to support