standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path
to scale (mountain, flight of stairs, etc.)
to throw off (clothes); to cast off; to fling off; to cast off (old ideas, habits, etc.); to discard
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
trivial; not amounting to much
departure; leaving; going away; recession
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
to exchange (things); to convert (currency); to be in contrast (to); to contrast (with)
reduction of penalty; commutation of a sentence
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
agent; agent; secret agent; spy
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
perfectly round; perfectly circular
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
to live through; to survive
worth; merit; value; good point; strong point; redeeming feature
to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)
interval; break; rift (in clouds)
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
sunlight; rays of the Sun
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
to pour in (liquids); to pour in (money); to pump in (investment)
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait
gurgling (e.g. of water); burbling; bubbling; glugging
lovely; wonderful; charming; enchanting; nice; great