hitting (a ball with a bat, racket, golf club, etc.); batting; batted ball; struck ball
Lindera umbellata (species of spicebush); toothpick; natural wooden chopsticks (tea ceremony); black characters; black text
state of (mental) confusion (agitation)
(frustratingly) slow; tedious; sluggish; roundabout (e.g. explanation); exasperating; irritating
clipping (of audio); (vowel) breaking; vowel fracture
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
a little bit; a little while
(train) station attendant; station employee; station staff
to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air); to form an arc
to scatter away; to fly away; to blow away; to be removed without trace; to vanish
texture (e.g. skin, fabric); grain (e.g. wood); detail
a bit better than; not much more than; not much different from
quantity of hot spring water
each encampment; strong (wind); fierce; intermittent
heavy blow; thump; wallop; belt; whack
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia); new world
reins; bridle; control; the reins (on)
listener (of radio, streaming audio content, etc.); audience
handstand; headstand; being upside down; being in reverse
round-the-world trip; circumnavigation; globe-trotting
in process; during execution; runtime
cheerleading competition; cheering contest
purification ceremony (performed with water); ritual purification; ablutions
to find the resolve (to do); to make up one's mind (with); to act on a thought
to get moldy (mouldy); to get musty; to develop mildew
black with hints of blue (as in a bruise); bluish black
to cramp up; to tighten; to be insistent; to persist (in one's opinion); to act tough; to bluff; to prop up (e.g. with a post)
upper level; upper grade; high rank; advanced level; senior level; upper class
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
deceased; late; dead; departed
to beg; to ask; to request; to pray; to wish
hard (e.g. penis); strong (e.g. beat of music); throbbing (e.g. headache); blaring (e.g. rock music)
mourning clothes; mourning; period of mourning
long bath; staying in the bath for a long time
to feel dizzy; to have blood rush to one's head; to lose one's cool; to be obsessed; to be infatuated; to become conceited