to dip out; to scoop up; to ladle out
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
hereditary occupational group (Yamato period)
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
the place for; the time for; the level of
collapsing in the middle of a bout; breaking down (while in the middle of something); faltering halfway
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
with a wriggle; in a slithering motion; in a squiggle; with a spurt
integrity; moral courage; rigidity
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
projection; protrusion; lump; bulge
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on); to be lighted; to catch fire
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
to creep about; to crawl around
to comb down; to smooth down
flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (cat)
to drink up; to drain (cup)
late summer; sixth month of the lunar calendar
Hades; the underworld; the other world; realm of the dead
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
providence; luck; favor; favour; advantage
prickling; stinging; tingling
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated