stirring; slight movement
appearing drowsy or intoxicated (of eyes, actions, etc.)
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
to not believe one's ears
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
accurate; correct; precise; exact
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
encryption; encipherment; password protection
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
(period of) a year; during an era
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
glossy (e.g. hair); sleek; shiny; lustrous
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
to melt (and become soft or liquid); to be enchanted (by); to be charmed; to be bewitched