capacity; volume; capacitance
temporary; transitory; short-lived
minor; small; minor (key, scale, etc.); the minor leagues (US baseball)
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)
relation of cause and effect; causal relationship; causal link; causality
to lie down; to throw oneself down
to jump; to leap; to splash (of oil, mud, etc.); to spatter; to burst; to crack open
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
in history; ever; historical
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
mediation; agency; carrying (germs, diseases, etc.); transmission; mediation (in Hegelianism)
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
dance (esp. Western style); dancing
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
whispering into a person's ear
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in
so; therefore; for that reason; if so; if that is the case; in that case
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
early days; early years; early stages; initial stages; beginning
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard