picking; collecting; harvesting
scene change; cutaway; cut
malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind someone's back
objet d'art; item of artwork; object; curio
weird; disgusting; sickening
co-production; collaboration
to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)
strange; unconventional; eccentric; odd; odd number
to show off; to parade; to pretend
gently (raining); drizzling; moist; damp
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; breakfast (in Zen temples)
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
vulgar; indecent; crude; jumbled (of a place); disorderly; chaotic
in confusion; in a fluster; in bewilderment; sobbing; tearfully; trembling (voice)
vista; view; scene; counter for scenes (in a play)
to be crowded; to be packed; to be jammed
that is to say; so that means
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond
region; limits; stage; level
chewiness; firmness; feel of food while being chewed; challenge (e.g. work, book); toughness
underground train; subway
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
just managing; with great difficulty
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
quite clearly; quite distinctly; perfectly; exactly
entirely; completely; all; nothing but
small number; few; minority
success or failure; outcome; result
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)