first Sanskrit alphabet letter; Africa; Awa (old province of Japan); (arch.) prefixed to names to show intimacy
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
to stay within bounds; to not take (something) to extremes; to not get carried away; to not go too far
to insert; to put between; to tuck (e.g. fabric into a gap)
at once; immediately; right now
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)
act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
a matter for the police; a brush with the law
surrounding at a distance
muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something
to despise; to disdain; to scorn; to hold in contempt; to look down on
historical play; period drama
child of the times; modern kid; kids of today; with-it youngster
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
flight; desertion; escape
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
difficult to ...; hard to ...
surging crowd; wave of humanity; stampede
to push aside; to push one's way through