doubting; distrustful; incredulous; suspicious
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
to happen to meet; to come across
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
lifetime; one's whole life; all through life
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
to reschedule; to recompose; to recross (one's legs); to reset
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
to join together; to combine; to join up
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
to be haggard; to be gaunt; to be emaciated; to be worn out (e.g. illness, worry)
feeling; sense; impression
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
originally; by nature; from the start
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
that is to say; so that means