exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
twilight; sunset; dusk; evening
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
the ocean; the great deep
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
losing easily; being trounced; being beaten hands down
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
worn-out; run-down; shabby; tattered; dilapidated
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
will not do; do not; does not
common gull (Larus canus); mew gull; gull (Laridae spp.); seagull
restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
to face; to go towards; to head towards
course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
lee of an island; area hidden by an island
one by one; thoroughly; exhaustively; with a fine-tooth comb
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
scarecrow; figurehead; dummy
to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to congratulate; to celebrate
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign