tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
to strum; to pluck the strings (of a guitar)
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)
to soothe one's soul; to raise one's spirits
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
January; first month of the lunar calendar
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
intelligence gathering; information gathering
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
at least; at most; (even) just
by myself; in person; by oneself
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
sunlight; rays of the Sun
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to cease; to stop; to be over
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
unexpectedly; surprisingly
being startled; getting a shock
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver