participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
to bend by twisting; to twist; to contort; to distort (e.g. the truth); to twist (e.g. someone's words)
change; alteration; modification
feelings; thoughts; meaning
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
spider's thread; spider silk
dangling; hanging; suspended; pending; half done; in limbo
instability; insecurity; crankiness
dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound
on the way home from school
to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel
to spill; to drop; to grumble (about); to complain (of); to let (one's feelings) show
closing party; closing event of a school, etc. festival
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
antiquity; the previous era
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
to that extent; to that degree; that much; that many
to go on about (one's love affairs); to speak proudly of (one's spouse, girlfriend, etc.); to speak fondly of
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
womanizer; Lothario; Don Juan; philanderer; lady-killer
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
reconciliation; making up (with); making peace (with); being friends again; patching up a quarrel
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
explosive blast (in construction, mining, etc.); blasting
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
bond (between people); (emotional) ties; bonds; tether; fetters
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink