ginger (Zingiber officinale)
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
master; teacher; stable master
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
to complain; to make a complaint
step (of a staircase, etc.); running board (of a bus, train); step (movement); pace; (dance) step; step (in a process)
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
absolute basics; very rudiments
flutter kick (swimming); the thrash
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
to slouch; to stoop; to bend forward; to lean forward
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); incarnations of Buddha
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to rise (steeply); to tower; to soar
please; somehow or other; one way or another
blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult
taking a breath (while singing, swimming, etc.); short break; breather
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
step-up; advance; progress; increase
swallowing; understanding; apprehension
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
no matter how much time passes
kickboard; flutterboard; float
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
exchanging parts or equipment to effect a change in performance