water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to lean on; to recline on; to rely on; to depend on
quarter; a fourth; square (piece of) cloth
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
to be detained; to take time
to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to begin to walk; to set out
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
considerably; fairly; quite
at least; at most; (even) just
locking up (doors and windows); fastening the doors
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
(right at the) side; just beside
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
upper half of the body; upper body
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
to burn; to be roasted; to be heated; to be jealous; to be envious