wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)
twilight; dusk; faint light
patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering
to touch; to finger; to play with; (arch.) to tease; (arch.) to make fun of
dense; thick; rich (flavour, colour, etc.); deep; strong (smell); heavy
the work of man; human feat; something humanly possible
all over; everywhere; in every nook and cranny; brightly; clearly
short and stout; small but wide around
big frame; large figure; huge body
measurement round the hips
wildly different (in ability, strength, etc.); on another level; in a different league; of different heights; uneven
troublesome (person, task, etc.); difficult; suffering; hardship; trouble
thinking nothing of ...; undaunted by ...; in defiance of ...; in spite of ...; in the face of ...; ignoring ...
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
relatedness; associativity; relation; relationship; relevance
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
have to (do, be); must (do, be); is indispensable; is absolutely necessary
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
awning (over a window, doorway, etc.); eaves (of a roof); narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building; visor (of a cap); brim; classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle
precipice; cliff; flat head
upper; upward; outer; surface; top
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond
to throw oneself; to jump; to leap
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
cliff edge; edge of a precipice; perilous position; critical moment; brink
your; indicates high rank or status; indicates love and respect (usu. for an older person)
damply; moistly; clammily; stickily
to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
clear insight; resignation (to one's fate); acceptance
being particular (about); being fussy; being picky; being choosy; being fastidious
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
meandering; snaking; zigzagging
to distinguish; to discern; to make out; to tell
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
to become vulgar; to coarsen