deadly serious; deadly earnest
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
flap (of an aircraft wing)
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
lunch; (Western-style) single-plate lunch set; plate lunch; launch (boat); motorboat; ranch
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
retreating figure; appearance from behind
deep blue sky; bottomless blue sky
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
dozens; scores of; decades
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
departure (of a boat, plane); setting sail; leaving port; putting out to sea; takeoff
January; first month of the lunar calendar
secondhand book; ancient book; antiquarian books
wastepaper; scrap of paper; paper scraps
objet d'art; item of artwork; object; curio
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
pale; pallid; bluish-white
good family; respectable family; decent family
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind
this and that; this or that; one thing after another
out of control; out of hand; unmanageable; nothing one can do
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
match (to light fire with)
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
unable to contain oneself; itching to do something; cannot sit still
going to the United States