stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
reason; cause; circumstances
to pull out; to draw out; to disconnect; to steal contents of; to pilfer (from); to pickpocket
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
pistil (of a flower); stamen
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
Chinese peony (Paeonia lactiflora)
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
depression; low spirits; luxuriant (of vegetation)
rapidly (e.g. progress, moving forward); growing visibly; quickly; steadily; by leaps and bounds
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
(someone else's) daughter
well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)
frog; kajika frog (Buergeria buergeri)
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
guffawing; roaring (with laughter); (laughing) heartily
to clamber; to climb with hands and feet; to crawl up; to creep up
closely (sticking, clinging, etc.); tightly
late at night; small hours of the morning
to hold a child in one's arms; to embrace a child; to provide for a child (children)