just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
lump (of flour, etc.); clump (of ground meat, etc.)
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
business efforts; corporate efforts
study; research; investigation
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
work clothes; workwear; boilersuit; overalls
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
woman; female; feminine gender
to choose the best; to select carefully; to handpick
falling far short (of); being far behind; being far inferior (to); being no match (for)
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
birthplace; origin; cradle; motherland
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
to read the situation; to sense the mood
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
birds of a feather flock together
arm; skill; efforts; ability
not one to talk; who are you to say; look who's talking
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
duty; obligation; responsibility
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
bare (naked) body; complexion (e.g. face)
quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana; (in Indian philosophy) means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake