with a start; with a jump
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
had better ...; had better not ...
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
feeling; sense; impression
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
feminine man; effeminate man; masculine woman; mannish woman
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
rough; casual (clothing); rough (of a golf course); rough sketch; rough draft
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
to change color (esp. leaves, fruit, flowers) (colour); to turn crimson (e.g. leaves in autumn); to begin to redden; to ripen; to grow ripe
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart