watery; soggy; racy; titillating; sexy
advanced; developed; seniority; senior; superior
brilliance; luster; lustre; vividness; life
decline; downturn; drop; (mental) depression; low spirits
children's game in which three or more stand back-to-back in a circle and jostle
roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides); mawworm; feelings that influence one's mood; stomach growling
to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal
pushing forward (undaunted); pushing on (toward a goal); striving (for)
influenced by; in response to; in the wake of; triggered by; following
pipe; tube; bobbin (in a shuttle or spinning wheel)
to try to unsettle someone; to throw off balance
to enliven; to liven up; to cause a stir in (e.g. the newspapers); to make prosperous
importance; emphasis; stress
to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)
(musical) conductor; commander; leader; director
contents of a document (esp. of a letter)
parent-child relationship
to face the wrong way; to go in the wrong direction
full view; total picture; whole story; full particulars; all the details
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
low-altitude flying; having consistently poor results (grades, sales, etc.); barely scraping by; being on the verge of failing
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
metal plate; metallic plate
following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking
additional; extraordinary; outside the norms; special case
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
individual differences; personal equation
to be deeply impressed (by); to be moved (by); to admire greatly
danger to oneself; (fear of) one's physical safety
long-awaited; long-waited-for; someone who has waited a long time; something that one has waited impatiently for
polished rice; (uncooked) white rice
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee