light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
severe (illness, disability, etc.); serious
obstacle; impediment; disability; handicap; steeplechase; obstacle race
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
unceasing; never-ending; endless
babies and preschool children
flood plain; river terrace; riverside area; area between river and river bank
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); seeker; Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
scholarly; scholastic; academic
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
birth (of a person); nativity; creation; formation; one's first birthday
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to account for; to make up; to occupy (a place, position, etc.); to hold (a rank, seat, etc.); to occupy (one's mind, heart, etc.); to weigh (on one's mind)
appearance of written words; impression given by written letters, characters, etc.; literal meaning (of a piece of writing); superficial meaning
den of vice; rogue's den; brothel; red-light district; cluttered room
city at night; town at night; streets at night; nightlife district; drinking district
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
daytime; during the day; Japan and China; Japanese-Chinese; Sino-Japanese
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
to collect; to assemble; to gather
pilot light; spark; live coals (for firelighting)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
to be erected; to be built
wooden house; frame house (building)
artless but attractive in a quaint sense
bath heated directly from beneath, with a floating wooden lid on which the bather sits causing it to sink
hearth; fireplace; furnace; kiln; young girl; childlike young woman
to put (wood, coal, paper, etc.) into the fire; to throw on the fire; to add to the fire; to burn