to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
to get encouraged; to become heightened in spirits; to recover one's strength
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
to introduce; to compare; to check; to adjust; to pull into place
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to be treated to a meal; to be given a meal
house where the family is out
to telephone; to make a phone call
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
close to the wall; alongside the wall
old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn
to hang (something) on the wall
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
covering; filled in; complete; total; cliched; clichéd; plaintext
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
large statue of Buddha (trad. at least 4.8m high)
3 Japanese feet; waistband; belt; cloth girdle
seated figure (e.g. of Buddha); sedentary statue; sedentary image
smooth; shiny; slippery; greasy; slurping (noodles)
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
metal statue of Buddha (usu. bronze); cold-hearted person; cold-blooded person
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
superstition; superstitious belief
late at night; at a late hour
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat; to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
clearly miraculous; remarkably miraculous; striking
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
coincidentally; by chance; unexpectedly; rarely; unusually; seldom
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish