decisive; resolute; determined; firm
to pat (e.g. dog); to rub; to stroke; to fondle
string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate
object; natural phenomenon; science of inanimate nature
going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state
wild beast; wild animal; brute
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
lattice; latticework; window bars; grid; grating
winter clothes; arctic clothes
to come to one's senses; to calm down
Nanjing; Nanking; pumpkin; squash; Chinese; Southeast Asian
cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
to (relax and) stretch one's legs out; to go for a further walk
inside a car (train, bus, etc.)
dark clouds; black clouds
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
to deceive; to blind the eyes of
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
to force open; to push open
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
top (of a flight of stairs); exit involving a descent (e.g. from a bus)
getting a lump in one's throat; overflowing with feelings; chest full of; lungs full of
to look around; to take a view of