to promise; to abridge; to simplify; to reduce
dim; vague; indistinct; faint; obscure
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
spilling; spill; leavings; leftovers
barrier; checkpoint; gateway; hurdle; obstacle; trial
steel frame; steel beam; steel girder
vessel; ship; shipping; seacraft
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
dirty smoke; soot and smoke
ume orchard; plum orchard; plum garden
fort; stronghold; fortification
no photographs; no photography
to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
lapping (e.g. of waves against the shore); steadily (advancing); gradually (approaching); sufficient (of the amount of liquid needed to cover a submerged object); just enough; (arch.) speedily
water's edge; beach; shore
village office; local administration office in a village
account book; ledger; register
square measure; size (e.g. of land); area; surface
ridge (in field); row of raised earth when planting crops; rib (cloth, mountains, sea); cord (e.g. corduroy)
southerly (wind); from the south
primness; prim person; clear soup; water for rinsing sake cups (at a banquet, etc.)
at the meeting; on the occasion
ladle; dipper; wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris); cow parsley; keck
wax myrtle (Myrica rubra); asian bog myrtle
your views; your opinion; great idea; excellent idea
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart