fertile; rich; productive
to suck (or draw) out; to aspirate
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
to tear off; to strip; to rob
early on; earlier on; from early
Mara; demon king who attempted to hinder Gautama Buddha from attaining enlightenment; obstacle to enlightenment; penis
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
to make an appeal; to urge
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
sad news; news of a death; death notice
to pour into (liquids); to pump into
gossip; corner of the mouth
first-rate specimen; first-rate object; superb item; superb article; excellent thing; pick (e.g. of a litter)
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century)
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
to entrance; to possess; to enthrall
cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to watch steadily; to stare
sopping wet; dripping wet; sodden; drenched; soaked
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
cannot be compared with; no match for
feel; touch; impression (of a person); most impressive passage; highlight; beginning
to fill a hole with earth
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
resigning to another's will; going along without resistance; doing as another wants
after having come this far; now that we've come this far
to intensify; to be excited; to fly into a rage; to dash against; to encourage
to come off; to be worn off; to fade; to discolor; to discolour
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
cue (billiards, pool); cue stick; cue (music, theatre, etc.)