white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)
to begin falling (e.g. leaves, petals, etc.)
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
to give off sparks; to spark; to scintillate; to have a heated argument; to combat; to do something fiercely
to fall down with a "plop"
birth; creation; formation
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
reduced drawing; miniature copy; microcosm; microcosmos
The Little Match Girl (1845 short story by Hans Christian Andersen)
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
to burst into flames; to fire (of a gun); to fan a fire with one's breath
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
to smile cheerfully; to crack a smile
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
chamber maid; female servant; area around the hips; waist area
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement