burden; load (e.g. CPU time, electricity, etc.)
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
water's edge; beach; foreshore
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
Japanese bindweed (Calystegia japonica)
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
that day; the very same day
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
senior high school student
sunlight; rays of the Sun
even though; despite; when
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
although I say; although one might say; although called
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
spread; span; expanse; extent
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.); to fold back (e.g. page); to turn back; to double back; to loopback (a signal, message, etc.)
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
sweep of the tide; drift of the tide; tidal current
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close