wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled
not knowing what's what; being unable to make heads or tails
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
resting one's chin in one's hands; brace (in construction); angle brace
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
while; during; while; although; all; both
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
forest fire; bushfire; wildfire
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
and yet; though; when; in spite of
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
to sigh; to breathe a sigh