huff!; yo-heave-ho!; yoisho! (word shouted by the spectators during a yokozuna's ritual stomps); yoisho (filler word in folk music, etc.); flattery; buttering up (someone)
to float; to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp; to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet
drawers; knickers; bloomers
wallpaper; wallpaper; background image; desktop image
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
appearance of written words; impression given by written letters, characters, etc.; literal meaning (of a piece of writing); superficial meaning; face (of a piece of type)
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
season (in nature, sports, etc.); seasonal word or phrase (in haiku); year
February; second month of the lunar calendar
March; third month of the lunar calendar
big welcome; welcoming greatly; being very welcome
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
to go flying along; to move fast (against the wind)
to move (house); to change residence
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock
free time; spare time; idle moment
this way and that; (by) various means; (by) every means
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
horizon (related to land)
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
free-form (answer, etc.); essay style
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
(stroke of) luck; (unexpected) good fortune; godsend; windfall
raising and lowering; fluctuation (of prices, interest rates, etc.); praising and belittling; setting out (meals, etc.) and clearing away; ebb and flow (of the tide); rising and falling (pitch, tone, etc.); modulation
unrealistic; impractical; infeasible; unreal
viewing as a problem; problematizing
godsend; lifesaver; timely offer; windfall
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
turning over in bed; rolling over; tossing and turning; betrayal; double-crossing
to shake one's head (in denial)
to turn over (in one's sleep); to toss and turn (in bed); to change sides; to double-cross; to betray