public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
three; three years of age
with a start; with a jump
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
to open (one's eyes) wide
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
tension; resilience (e.g. of hair); springiness; will power; spirit
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
chair; seat; stool; post; position; seat
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side by side; to make (someone) get married; to get (someone) hitched
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
to hold out; to extend (e.g. a hand); to present; to submit; to sacrifice; to give (up)
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
unwillingly; reluctantly; grudgingly; shaking one's head in refusal (like a child)
creeping (of an insect, etc.); crawling; restlessly; fidgeting; hesitantly; slowly
to be superior (to); to surpass; to outdo
cool or attractive expression (when posing for a photo)
curt response; indifferent response; chilly reception; (giving someone the) cold shoulder; unenthusiastic interaction (e.g. from a company to a customer, or a celebrity to a fan)
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
slipping out (a chuckle, giggle); unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh)
(common) cold; influenza; flu; ague; inflammatory respiratory system illness (in general)
lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
how; in what way; by what means
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
rain intensity; passing shower; streaks of pouring rain
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell