smallish; on the small side; somewhat small; short swing of a bat, racquet, etc.
inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure
tale; short story; sketch comedy; skit
to assume an aspect; to take on an appearance
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
billow; surge; large wave
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
interval between the waves; gap between waves
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
three; three years of age
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
to take measures (against); to take steps
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to forget to say; to forget to mention
changing clothes; change of clothes
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable