to narrow; to reduce; to contract
falling with a splat; oozing; dripping
note (letter) left behind; will
even though it is not; despite not
cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
ao dai (traditional Vietnamese dress)
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
to prove a loss; to be a disadvantage; to not pay
living thing; living creature; animal; life
intensive; concentrated; focused
to rub in; to smear on; to spread on; to lay the blame on
to become red; to redden; to blush
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
lukewarm; tepid; (arch.) slow; (arch.) stupid
flicker (light); waver; trickle (water); glance at
to surge; to well up; to gush out
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
manners; behavior; behaviour
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
operating together; working together; being linked (to); being tied (to); being connected (with); interlocking
to settle (in a place); to settle down
attending someone through the night (guard, nurse); act of a woman sleeping with a man (at his bidding); keeping overnight vigil over body before burial
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
thick; viscous; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
oral instruction or teaching or method
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
fold; pleat; folds (e.g. of a mountain); crease; (hidden) detail; nuance
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
to scrape out; to rake out (e.g. ashes); to bail out (e.g. water)
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae); Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
punishment; spanking; smacking; chastisement; scolding
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
look!; there!; here!; that is
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out