to twine; to get tangled; to be involved (e.g. of money in a matter); to get involved (in); to pick a quarrel (with); to find fault (with)
damp; moist; (slightly) wet; quiet; calm; peaceful
water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap
to soak into; to sink into; to seep into; to sink into (one's mind); to be (deeply) ingrained; to be instilled
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
(carved) statue; sculpture
disorder; chaos; confusion
expression; representation; description; representation (of a group)
scene; spectacle; sight; view
appalling; horrifying; dreadful; hideous; revolting; disgusting
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
to gush forth (e.g. water from a spring); to flow (out); to well up (of tears, emotions, etc.); to flow out (of tears); to emerge; to suddenly appear
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
tree trunk; bole; backbone; base; foundation
connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
10th day of the month; ten days
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
to be pleasure to the eye; to delight the eye; to please the eye; to feast one's eyes on
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
ornament; decoration; figurehead; leader without real power
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
(one's) gaze; line of sight; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (to obscure their identity); eye censor bar
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.); flap (of a dust jacket)
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
stupid; dim-witted; dense; dull; obtuse; slow