to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
hectic; bewildering; bustling; dizzy
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
looking directly at; looking straight at; looking squarely at (e.g. a problem); facing (e.g. the truth); normal vision; emmetropia
tingling; stinging; pungently
to bewitch; to confuse; to enchant; to delude
unable to speak; inarticulate; mute; speechless; tongue-tied
ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
firelight; shadows or forms moving in firelight
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
switching on and off (of a light); flashing; blinking; flickering
scene; view; prospect; outlook
concern; solicitude; consideration
unnatural; artificial; false; forced (e.g. smile); empty (e.g. compliments)
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
sweet words; smooth talk; cajolery; flattery; sycophancy
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
leaving school during a term
Hiroshima prefecture (Chūgoku area)
Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata); (arch.) wild rocambole (Allium grayi)
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
association; link; connection; pledge (esp. for marriage); promise
favourite book; favorite book
to detain; to check; to restrain
bulging; swelling (e.g. with water); loose-fitting or baggy (clothing); bubbling; foaming
to turn completely into; to become completely
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
to scuttle off; to take flight
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
millet or rice cake, roasted and hardened with starch syrup and sugar (sometimes including peanuts, etc.)
directly; in person; firsthand
mature woman; middle-aged woman
flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder