to get strong; to gain strength
shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
hollow; low ground; basin; pit; dip; depression
innumerable; countless; numberless
to warm oneself at the fire
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; breakfast (in Zen temples)
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
no matter how much time passes
clear; clear-cut; lucid; unequivocal; explicit
settlement; solution; resolution
complete; whole; perfect; safe
to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
to make an appeal; to urge
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
expression; look; countenance; face
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature
chill; the shivers; shivering fit; cold; coldness; cold air
to go along; to walk along; to follow
spine; backbone; spinal column
to pull out; to draw out; to disconnect; to steal contents of; to pilfer (from); to pickpocket
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
to continue to rain or snow
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to trample; to crush underfoot