sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia physalis)
electric shock; blitz; lightning attack; sudden and without warning; shocking
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
body; body blow (in boxing)
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
near; close; beside; third person
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
to part left and right; to open out
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
innocent; cherubic; childlike
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
Japanese person; Japanese people
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance