to beat time; to mark time
white; blank (e.g. paper); uncolored; innocent; not guilty; (arch.) bright
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
as if; as though; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest; really; completely
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly
cry (of an animal); call; chirp; song; caw; roar
to die out; to become extinct
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
hazy; dim; faint; minced fish or meat that is seasoned and fried
beginning; outset; first; onset
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to feel; to sense; to be moved (by); to be touched (by); to become infected with (an illness); to catch
bulging; swelling (e.g. with water); loose-fitting or baggy (clothing); bubbling; foaming
to bubble; to foam; to froth
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to stand (up); to rise; to stand (in a position; of a person, tree, building, etc.); to be situated (in, on); to be (in difficulties, the lead, etc.); to put oneself (in a position or situation); to leave (to do something)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to become pale; to turn pale
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
each; (arch.) you (plural)
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
though; although; notwithstanding; while; as; at the same time as
to shake one's head (in disagreement); to disagree; to refuse; to say no; to turn down (a request)
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
soft; flabby; spongy; mushy; soggy
smelling of fish; fishy; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; worldly; mundane
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to move along; to go alongside; to walk along; to follow; to run down (one's cheek, leg, etc.); to trickle down
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict