to begin to fall (rain, etc.)
pale (of complexion); green around the gills; looking unwell
complexion; colour; color; blood red
to be wavy; to be curled; to be frizzled
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
sound of something floating or sinking in water
miasma; noxious form of "bad air" formerly believed to cause diseases
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook
major cleanup; spring cleaning
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
postscript; undermentioned; described below
pulpwood; raw timber; unprocessed timber; original (or ancestor) of a tree cultivar
new line; new paragraph; newline (e.g. LF, CR, CRLF)
contribution (e.g. to newspaper)
skim reading; diagonal reading (e.g. as a simple code)
elementary and middle school pupils
to have one's faults exposed; to have one's secrets blown
answering machine; answer phone
to begin to rain; to begin to snow
to hang (something) on the wall
in a few days; in the near future; soon; one of these days
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
to topple over and lean at a precarious angle; to fall onto something and lean against it; to be on the point of collapse; to be about to fall; to begin to fall
tail and fins; embellishment (of a story, rumor, etc.); exaggeration
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
senior group member; leader among peers; (like) one's older brother; big brother
dictaphone; dictation system
in the end; after all is said and done; (lit.) when the striped mullet is fully grown