putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
battle of wits; contest of wits
very likely; very probable
to hide; to lie motionless in hiding
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
incident; affair; happening; event
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
first day (e.g. at work, school); day one
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
keeping oneself awake; fighting off drowsiness; method for keeping oneself awake
dreamy state of mind; ecstasy; trance
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
an extra effort; going the extra mile; one final push
to taste; to try (food or drink)
piercing; shrill; noisy; loud; clamorous; wild
to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard
grain thief; sharpened tube for testing rice in bags; sashimi (sliced raw fish); stabbing; piercing
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
to wither; to wilt; to droop; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to be depressed
to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone
to collapse into; to flop onto
to pay no heed to; to not care about; to take no notice of
summarization; summary; generalization; review (by labour or political movements of past activities, results, etc.)
although I say; although one might say; although called
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
fresh in one's mind; fresh in one's memory
imagination; supposition; guess
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
in every nook and corner; from A to Z; from head to toe; from cover to cover
to whine; to make feeble complaints