insertion; letter drop; things sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
January; first month of the lunar calendar
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
drop (e.g. of water); drip
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
un-Japanese in appearance or character
in front of your nose; right next to you; tip of one's nose
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam
suddenly (hit); with a slap; sharply (glance, glare, etc.); fiercely; suddenly; all of a sudden
to be greenish; to be tinged green
Japanese person; Japanese people
to strip a person of all his or her clothes; to leave someone with nothing; to leave someone penniless; to steal someone blind
wetting; love affair; lover
to blaze; to burn brightly
quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana; (in Indian philosophy) means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
mask; disguise; guise; mask
flowery words; rhetorical flourishes
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct