looking depressed; long face
lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating
worth; merit; value; good point; strong point; redeeming feature
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
meaning; connotation; denotation
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
irritating; troublesome; gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; heavy (weather); cloudy
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
pilothouse; wheelhouse; steering house
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
nervous temperament; worrier's disposition
breath; breathing; concord; harmony; steam (coming off hot food, tea, etc.); (water) vapor
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
soft; tender; soft (colour, light, etc.); subdued; informal; light
feather; plume; plumage; down
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
end; extremity; limit; result; outcome; upshot
instability; insecurity; crankiness
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
Scarborough Fair (ballad)
difficult problem; challenge
to weave in (a pattern, colour, material, etc.)
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
kill; kill (shot); smash; spike (in volleyball)
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular