to listen intently; to focus on (music, speech, etc.)
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
enthusiast; mania; enthusiasm
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
to hand down; to pass on (story or tradition)
plentiful; abundant; definitely extant
state-supported provincial temple (Nara period)
rough (estimate, manner, etc.); crude; broad; loose; careless (work)
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
to change one's place of residence; to migrate; to move
rapid increase; proliferation; surge; explosion
stylish; smart; elegant; chic; refined; trim
plain; plateau; tableland
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
to become rusted together; to become rusted shut; to rust; to become (completely) rusty; to become rusty (of a skill or ability); to become less effective
(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
to gesture to come closer; to beckon; to call; to summon
backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
place where one works; construction site; working area
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
protuberance; projection; prominence; bump; boss; process
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry
to look mad; to act nuts; to seem crazy
ridiculously; unusually; exceptionally
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil