to become better; to improve
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
paper (in rock-paper-scissors); disappearing completely; coming to nought; foolishness; stupidity
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
than; from; out of; except; but; more
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
to be too late; to be too slow
tedious; boring; being fed up with
(not) even once; (not) ever
antiseptic solution; disinfectant solution
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
to become used to; to become familiar with; to grow accustomed to
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
twentieth day of the month; twenty days
calendar; calender (machine for flattening things)
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
bad luck; bad fortune; evil; wickedness
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
tenth day of the month; ten days
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
last days; the end; one's fate