overnight stay; stopover; inn; hotel; anchorage; night duty
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
exposure to the sun; sunny place; per day
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
sprouts from a stump; buds from the base of a tree
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
wild beast; wild animal; brute
stinging (pain); smarting; tingling
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
southern Japanese hemlock (species of conifer native to Japan, Tsuga sieboldii)
88 years old; (arch.) rice
azalea (Rhododendron spp.)
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
lonely or uninhabited valley
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
orpiment; gamboge; falsification; alteration
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
stark naked; nude; bare; unvarnished (e.g. truth); plain (e.g. fact); frank
close-cropped hair; shaven head
to threaten; to menace; to intimidate; to startle; to frighten; to scare
turning around (once); suddenly; abruptly; completely (wrapped in something); quickly (unwrapping something); beautiful, round (eyes)
at first; in the beginning; originally
to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)