number of long thin objects (movies, TV programs, baseball games, etc.) (programmes)
four (long cylindrical things)
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
silent; still; quiet; hushed
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
gown; elegant dress; dressing gown; bathrobe
to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white
to sprain; to twist; to dampen (enthusiasm); to discourage; to dishearten
slope; incline; slope (of a linear function); gradient (vector calculus)
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
in search of; in order to look for
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
in comparison with; when compared with; according to; in light of; in view of
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
busy; hectic; frantic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to run out of breath; to be short of breath; to run out of steam; to be unable to continue; to die
to run off; to break into a run; to start running
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
lightly; easily; carelessly
hopping; skipping; lightly and repeatedly jumping
with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship
closing part of a balance sheet; balance of accounts
being somewhat excited (agitated)
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded