(physical) growth; development
nashi (Pyrus pyrifolia, esp. var. culta); Japanese pear; Asian pear; sand pear; apple pear
to dash (e.g. liquid on someone's face); to slosh; to splash; to souse; to pour
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
hook; hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
ptoo (i.e. spitting sound); ptew; ptooey
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
congestion (e.g. traffic); delay; stagnation
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
bat (in baseball, cricket, etc.)
running parallel (to); running side-by-side; keeping pace (with)
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
dull-witted; stupid; foolish
slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
the more one looks (at it) the more...
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
nock of an arrow; forked tool used for hanging scrolls
tie-dye; tie-dyeing; aperture (e.g. camera, iris of the eye); aperture stop; contraction; squeezing
to find somebody's weak spot; (lit.) to drill a hole
to soak into; to permeate
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
to make coffee; to brew coffee
turning by hand; hand-turned; hand-cranked; preparations; arrangements
coffee mill; coffee grinder