lake; marsh; wetland; inland waters
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
worldly affairs; public affairs
long and narrow; lanky; gangling; spindly
snake; serpent; large snake
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
(animal making a) monstrous apparition
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
interior; backwoods; hinterland; back regions
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to die; to lay down life's burden
departure (of a boat, plane); setting sail; leaving port; putting out to sea; takeoff
hook; hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
(work) hard; unceasingly; strenuously; assiduously; busily; ardently
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
colour; color; hue; tints
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
to draw a line (between); to make a distinction (between); to distinguish (between)
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.
to begin to get dark; to begin to set (the Sun)
revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
(with a) start; fright; alarm; creaking; cracking; snapping
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever