to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
clothes-drying platform; place for drying laundry
section; cross section; profile
unskillful; childish; immature; naive; artless; clumsy
fire fighting; fire department; fire brigade; firefighter
practitioner; specialist; man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
tall stature; tall figure
pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal
to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out
golden; gold-colored; gold-coloured; honey-colored; honey-coloured
long coat; full-length coat
fold; pleat; folds (e.g. of a mountain); crease; (hidden) detail; nuance
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
smell of something rotten; rotten smell
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
noble; high and noble; noble (character); refined; precious; expensive
it's been a long time; long time no see
to push aside; to brush aside
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound
razor; razor-sharp (mind, intellect, etc.); keen; astute person; person of keen intellect
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
smelling of mold; musty; putrid; old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
declaration; proclamation; announcement
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
space; room; unused land; room (for reconsideration, doubt, etc.); leeway; margin
lightly; gently; (breaking apart) easily
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
to cut down (grass, etc.; by swinging a sickle, scythe, etc.); to mow
to visit and comfort or console; to go to see (e.g. someone in hospital); to ask after (e.g. someone's health); to attack; to hit; to strike
to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly
handrail; railing; banister
to glare at; to scowl at; to glower at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully
recovery; undoing; recall
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
lethargy; despondency; mental numbness; (physical) collapse; prostration