hammer; hopeless swimmer; complete beginner at swimming; someone who sinks like a stone
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
emergency staircase; emergency stairs
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
Orkut; former Google social networking site
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
to face on; to look out on to
brink of death; time to give up; knowing when to give up
handrail; railing; banister
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to blow off; to be blown off
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness
to hurry (up); to press; to urge on
to run down (stairs, etc.)
short temper; quick temper; hot temper; impatience; irritability
karma; result of one's karma; fate; uncontrollable temper
dive (e.g. into water); (underwater) diving; dive (of an aircraft)
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
(nth) power; counter for vehicles; multiplication; Buddha's teachings
so; like this; in this way
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
lamentation; sorrow; grief
admiration; wonder; astonishment
vocal sound; tone of voice
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
gum; rubber; eraser; condom
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)