professor; teaching; instruction
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
gas tank; gasholder; gasometer
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
rolling (something) up by spinning it around; coiling
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
spring; spring (in one's legs); bounce; springboard; impetus
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
calvaria; area at top of head; parietal
screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
great admiration; deep respect
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
the Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am); north; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
domino (game); dominoes; domino effect
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
Lagenaria siceraria var. gourda (variety of bottle gourd); gourd (container) made from its fruit
(with a) whizzing sound; sound of something whizzing by
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
chest; coffer; rice tub; lidded round, wooden container for cooked rice