to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
difficult problem; challenge
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
to look upwards; to look up
stone wall; dry wall; rocky cliff; stone precipice
mineral dust; mine dust; fine particles; dust
mineral matter; metallic property
twelve-layered ceremonial kimono (worn by a court lady); ajuga (Ajuga nipponensis); bugle
layering (clothing); wearing one garment over another
Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)
eye; insight; vision; gist; main point; hole
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
changing; becoming; death
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone
foreign country; foreign land; strange land; far-off land
sinner; evildoer; wrongdoer
parthenogenesis; virgin birth
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
reproduction; duplication; reprinting
grant; bestowal; giving something to someone of low social standing (by a person of very high social standing)
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
entreaty; supplication; petition
to charm; to bewitch; to enchant; to captivate; to fascinate
live tree; green wood; unseasoned wood
to be in focus; to come into focus
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump
old badger; veteran; oldtimer; schemer; old fox
cunning; crafty; wily; sly