to droop; to be depressed
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
charm; incantation; spell; curse
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
greenish gray; greenish grey
gills; branchia; angle of the mandible; gonial angle
kombu (usu. Saccharina japonica); konbu; kelp; any edible species from the family Laminariaceae
boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening
deadly serious; deadly earnest
effectiveness; efficacy; dominance (e.g. of left or right hand); tasting (alcohol, tea, etc.)
selling or divesting in unwanted stocks; hiding bad loans
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
shore; bank (of a body of water)
to compose; to put together
to run into (room, building, etc.); to go for long training runs
water's edge; shore; waterside
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to put on airs; to act big; to throw one's weight about; to be overbearing; to be domineering; to be bossy
chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply
space; interval; space character; whitespace
ice water; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple
Penthorum chinensis (species of saxifrage)
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
half the body; half length
to stand on end (hair, fur); to bristle; to ruffle (up)
emphatically (bite, gulp, chew, etc.)