spinal fluid; cerebrospinal fluid; brains; intelligence
muddy; covered with mud; mud-caked
suddenly; all of a sudden
one line; one streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident)
ray (of light); beam; light
sweeping sideways; mowing down
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
development; growth; progress; development; expansion (of a typhoon, low-pressure area, etc.); developmental disability
firearms; missile; projectile weapon
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
from one end to another; thoroughly; completely; utterly
hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth); (hairless) caterpillar
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
living person; the living
black rain; heavily polluted, radioactive rain sometimes following an atmospheric nuclear explosion (esp. that of Hiroshima)
to be dripping wet; to get drenched to the skin
no wonder; little wonder; after all; as expected; which isn't surprising
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
to become clear; to be made public
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
semicircle; hemicycle; half globe; to go halfway round (e.g. the earth)
state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. of Canada); continent; province (of Japan); province (of ancient China); prefecture
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
westerlies; prevailing westerlies
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
to appease one's thirst; to wet one's whistle
last night; yesterday evening
to climb over; to get over; to overcome (a difficulty, obstacle, etc.); to surmount; to surpass (a predecessor); to overtake
gloomy; melancholy; pessimistic; luxuriant (of vegetation)
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
to point upward; to look upward; to improve
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
to be turned up; to be lifted up (e.g. by the wind)