perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
supply; provision; service; supply
direct sunlight; direct rays of the sun
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
to take a breath; to take a short rest
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
welcome rain; merciful rain; blessed rain; rain after a long dry period
despite having waited a long time; in spite of having waited a long time; no matter how long one waits
lately; recently; nowadays; terribly; awfully; extremely
daytime; during the day; Japan and China; Japanese-Chinese; Sino-Japanese
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
(in) the air; midair; sky
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); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
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); ground swell; surge
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 answer; to accept (an invitation, offer, etc.); to comply with (a request, etc.); to suit; to match
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