increasing; uploading; posting (e.g. content); close-up; finishing shooting (of a film, etc.); upswept hairstyle; being up (i.e. leading in sports)
as soon as possible; at the earliest time
just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); only just OK; barely acceptable
out (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); outside the line; out; putout; outer; external; exit
rainfall; snowfall; alighting; descending
to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
downpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburst
(one's) skin colour; skin color; skin tone; flesh colour (of a Japanese person); flesh color; pale orange
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
cover; mantle; shroud; hood
first experience (of something); first sexual experience
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
to be the ruin of (a person)
to come apart at the seams; to be ripped; to begin to open; to begin to bloom; to smile broadly; to break into a smile
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
to insert; to put in; to plant (a cutting); to strike; to arrange (flowers); to wear (a sword) in one's belt
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
shaking like a jelly; jellylike
inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about
to disentangle; to untangle; to unravel; to relax; to soften; to relieve (e.g. stress, tension)
to be busy; to be tied up doing something
peduncle; pedicle; pedicel; dick; cock
thickness (of a sauce, soup, etc.); viscosity; thick consistency
vertical motion (in earthquakes)
a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)
to play a leading role; to play a central part
fluttering (esp. of thick or heavy material); piece of dangling cloth, paper, metal, etc.
tensely; tightly; erectly; intuitively; instinctively; with a burst
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
to bring to light; to expose (to the world)