carriage; poise; bearing; demeanor; movement (of the body)
initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor
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.)
cross; crossed; cruciform
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over
lower portion; base surface; soffit
repellent force; resiliency; elasticity
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
form; method; system; formula
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
pulsation; pulsatory motion
sedimentation; subsidence; precipitation; sinking; settling; submerging
to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)
to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)
black rain; heavily polluted, radioactive rain sometimes following an atmospheric nuclear explosion (esp. that of Hiroshima)
expansion; extension; elongation; stretching
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
one leaf; one page; one sheet; (arch.) one boat
overall height; distance from the ground to the highest point of an object
difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different
Japanese dock (plant) (Rumex japonicus)
together; mutually; fellow
temporary; transient; trifling; slight; negligent
convenient; handy; useful
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
flat; level; flat (e.g. in 10 seconds flat); exactly; flat; flat
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
clover (Trifolium repens); white clover; Dutch clover; clubs (card suit)
three-pronged fork; trident; trifurcate; three-pronged; three-way (e.g. outlet)
mitsuba (Cryptotaenia japonica); Japanese honewort; Japanese honeywort; three-leaved; trefoil
to provide; to furnish; to equip; to install