cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
knothole; peep-hole; bad eyes
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
to come to one's senses; to calm down
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
column of water; water column
to dart one's eyes about; to be surprised; to be bewildered; to be confused; to be flustered
dripping; trickling; wet and heavy (snow, clay, etc.); (arch.) (moving) slowly
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to crouch; to squat; to cower
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
to inlay; to insert; to plug in (to a formula); to immerse; to trick; to deceive
(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
place; situation; position; location
clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
detached; aloof; indifferent
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
example; specimen; sample
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
from time immemorial; ancient; time-honoured; time-honored
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
considerably; greatly; a lot
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
difficult to ...; hard to ...
fan; enthusiast; lover (of); fan (e.g. electric)
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
energy conservation; economical use of energy