to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop
damp ground; wetland; bog; marsh
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
innumerable; countless; numberless
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
wharf; bridge; jetty; pier
raft; forearm protector; skewered baby-eel kabayaki
to understand; to appreciate; to interpret
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness
to bend; to warp; to lose heart
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause
stagnation; hindrance; delay
marshland; wetland; swampland
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
to spoil; to rot; to corrode
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
the whole day; all the day
to crouch; to squat; to cower
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis); soft-shelled turtle (Trionychidae); trap door located on the walkway in a kabuki theatre; bilge pump (used on traditional Japanese ships)
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
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
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
fading; faded colour; faded color
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
to wither (esp. plants as winter draws near); to fade; to shrivel; to pass one's prime; to start deteriorating; to begin to decline
lonely; lonesome; dreary; (arch.) loneliness; (arch.) desolation
coming and going; recurring (esp. thoughts)
toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
to daub; to brush; to touch up
to rain (or snow), keeping people indoors
otherwise; or else; if not