meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
to have meaning; to be meaningful
to shake; to sway; to waver
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to clatter; to flap (noisily); to rattle; to walk around being unable to settle down
soggy; soaked; crushed (out of shape); crumpled; messy; untidy
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
it seems so; that's what it looks like
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
unable to resist; unable to suppress
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
guess; speculation; supposition
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
as a child; when one was a child
hair (of the head); pubic hair
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
memo book; memo pad; notebook; notepad; scratchpad; scratch pad