avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to turn over; to flip over; to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
(jumping) nimbly; light-footed; boing; used at sentence end to affect cuteness
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
to chase; to run after; to pursue
to lose sight of; to miss
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
to catch fire (of charcoal); to start burning; to burn away; to burn merrily
irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness
to torment; to torture; to harass
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
near; close by; within reach; familiar
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
question; inquiry; enquiry
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
to put one's hand on; to touch
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to push aside; to push one's way through
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
to have an idea; to have a clue
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all