pickling in vinegar; vinegar pickles
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
to slouch; to stoop; to bend forward; to lean forward
to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
being too late; losing one's final chance
death from disease; death from illness
to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull; to run on a curtailed schedule; to cut down; to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)
word; term; language; speech
deterioration; getting worse; worsening; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
bento; Japanese box lunch
upper reaches (of a river); upper stream; top; upper part; long ago; beginning; first
reinforcement; strengthening
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
sandpiper (any bird of family Scolopacidae, incl. the curlews, godwits, phalaropes, redshanks, ruff, snipes, turnstones, and woodcocks)
new discovery; new invention
popular name; common name; given name
gasping for breath; puffing and panting; wheezing
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee
to put into the mouth; to eat
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin
sparsely eating; having a small appetite
flour dealer; miller; mill
feeling of happiness; sense of well-being; euphoria
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
another name; different name; synonym; alias; pseudonym; pen name
Hedera rhombea (species of ivy)
holly olive (Osmanthus heterophyllus); false holly; holly; spotnape ponyfish (Leiognathus nuchalis)
tedious; lengthy; overlong; long-winded
(full) name; family name and given name
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
the sun; Sol; providence; heaven; god
everlasting; eternal; unchanged; evergreen
restoration to life; coming to life again; reformation; rehabilitation; recycling; reclamation; playback