feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
absolutely; completely; utterly; really; simply; only
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
whistling through one's fingers; whistle made by sticking one's fingers in one's mouth and blowing
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a building)
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
(place) near by; (place) close by; (place) right next to; as soon as; right after
to stiffen; to become stiff; to harden
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
(young and) innocent; naive; pure; fresh; artless; unsophisticated
to boil strongly; to be excited
to set (sun); to become dark
to spare; to grudge; to regret; to lament; to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling
to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to be promoted
to blink (one's eyes) repeatedly
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
celebratory banquet; feast
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
preparations for returning (home)
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
to subsist; to keep on living
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
please come (and visit us); please come (to our shop)
to be lazy; to be idle; to slack; to neglect (e.g. one's work); to be neglectful of; to skip (e.g. school)
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability