daytime; during the day; Japan and China
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
desalination; desalinization
that is to say; so that means
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
agglomeration; clumping together; cohesion (of ions, etc.); flocculation (of colloidal particles); agglutination
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
to run (up hill, stairs, etc.)
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air
to blow through; to blow across
lump of ice; block of ice; ice floe
column of water; water column
to sink; to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish
ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound
undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); surge; billow
shore; bank (of a body of water)
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
in succession; one by one
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
turning around (once); suddenly; abruptly; completely (wrapped in something); quickly (unwrapping something); beautiful, round (eyes)
to support each other; to support one another
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike home (words, etc.); (lit.) to stab in the chest
as long as one's strength lasts
to set (sun); to become dark
in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone