earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope
to help (someone) to their feet; to help (someone) up
to stand up; to get up; to recover; to regain one's energy; to (stand up and) take action; to rise up (against); to rise (from a crouch) and make the initial charge
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
to rock; to shake; to swing
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; lower radical of a kanji; money
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
smallish; on the small side; somewhat small; short swing of a bat, racquet, etc.
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
moai; Okinawan-style social support group
difficult to say which of the two is better; hard to tell which is better; (there is) little to choose between them
ugly but cute; adorably ugly
both repellant and attractive at the same time; both cute and disgusting
sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
feather; plume; plumage; down
purging (data); purge (esp. of public officials)
to be confused; to be flustered; to be at a loss; to loiter; to hang around; to wander around
field; field; meadow; field (of interest, study, etc.); field; field (in a form, web page, etc.)
to pierce; to go through; to remove (partitions between rooms); to knock (e.g. two rooms) into one; to carry out (to completion)
all around; as far as the eye can see
extensive; vast range; wide scope
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops
fall; drop; descent; coming down
thicket; bush; coppice; brushwood