rain water; "rain water" solar term (approx. February 19)
pile; pool; gathering spot; waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring; liquid runoff from miso preparation; tamari
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
to wish someone good luck; to wish someone success
speaking of ...; as for ...
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock
a few hours; several hours; a couple of hours
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
saving (e.g. time, money, resources); economising; economizing
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
to stir up; to poke (the fire); to beat (an egg); to arouse (interest, feelings, etc.); to stir; to stoke
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
to stop walking; to pause
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
literally; to the letter; literal
to evade (questions); to reply evasively; to beat around the bush; to throw up a smoke screen
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
classical elegance; antiquity
cellar; cave; hole in the ground
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ); to be depressed; to feel down
to hide; to conceal oneself; to disappear (behind); to be hidden (by); to live in seclusion; to retire (from the world)
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
housing district; residential district
wooden house; frame house (building)
open; spacious; extensive
urban area; urban district
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
ancient city; former capital
fine view; beautiful sight
calculation; computation; reckoning; consideration; calculation; estimation
face; looks; countenance; vestige; trace; reminder
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
if it is (the case that ...)