to incline toward; to slant; to go down (sun, moon); to sink; to decline; to wane
westering sun; setting sun; afternoon sun
to flee; to take flight; to be ruined; to go down in the world; to settle down (e.g. in one location)
to come near (to); to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.); to overhang; to hang over
to shake; to waver; to tremble
peerless; matchless; unparalleled; unrivalled; unequalled; incomparable
celebrated flower; beautiful woman
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
Asiatic dayflower (Commelina communis)
silk gauze (esp. used in light clothing for high summer)
stiff and slackless; tense without any looseness; cling tightly; pulled or stretched as far as possible; creaking of a door or oar
to shine; to glow; to look attractive; to look nice; to be set off (by)
obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
black ground; black cloth
bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla); French hydrangea
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
stopping (of a train, car, etc.); stop
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause
thinking nothing of ...; undaunted by ...; in defiance of ...; in spite of ...; in the face of ...; ignoring ...
modulation (of voice); variation; variety; liveliness (e.g. of writing style)
expressing emotion; drawing facial expressions
one's heart; one's mind; one's intentions
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
story; tale; talk; discussion
bright and beautiful; gorgeous; showy; prosperous; flourishing; thriving
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
gentle breeze; soft wind; breath of air; zephyr
home position; origin; usual place (for something)
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
light; easy; non-serious; minor
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment
liking; taste; fancy; wish; desire; choice
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
not without its worth; not to be undervalued; not altogether hopeless; nothing to sneeze at; pretty impressive
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
to covet; to crave; to indulge in; to do ceaselessly; to eat greedily; to devour