dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
floating; drifting; weightlessness; softly; gently; lightly
salmon (Salmonidae spp.); chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
object of a verb; (in logic) the object
fried egg; sunny-side up fried egg
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
deeply (stab, thrust, etc.); hard
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
rock candy; sugar candy; crystallized sugar; sugar crystals
railroad; railway; rail transport
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
to droop (e.g. ears of grain); to bow one's head; to hang one's head
feeling keenly; fully realizing
to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart
change of pace; change of mood; (mental) break (e.g. going for a walk); refreshment
hotcake; (American) pancake
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
operating together; working together; being linked (to); being tied (to); being connected (with); interlocking
to peel; to skin; to pare
to become inverted; to become reversed
earnestly; immediately; exactly
to bubble; to foam; to froth
to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms
a sight for sore eyes; seeing something beautiful or precious
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
it's no big deal; it's nothing to fret about; it's not like it's the end of the world