awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
manner of using one's hands
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
how long; how far; how much
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
brightly lit; brightly lighted; lit up; lighted up
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat; to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver
stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies
lawlessness; injustice; wrong; outrageous; lawless; disorderly
last night; yesterday evening
should do; ought to do; must do
to burn into one's memory; to sear an image
plain-woven silk cloth produced on Hachijo Island (sometimes striped)
Island; insula; island; islet
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
study; diligence; discount; reduction
isolated island; outlying island; leaving an island
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to despair of; to see the vanity of
two times; twice; two degrees
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
congratulation; celebration
on the sea; on the ocean; offshore
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to squash; to crush; to flatten
changing completely; transformation