departure (from a base); takeoff; launch; starting (to move; of a car); start; moving off
sidelong glance; short grain (paper); kanji "net" radical at top
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
magazine; journal; periodical
article; news story; report; account
curvilinear beauty; curvaceousness
just like; exactly like; as if; (do) just like ...; (be) virtually like ...; as if it were ...
gloss; luster; mellowness (of a voice); youthfulness (e.g. of skin); interest; appeal
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
license; licence; permission; driver's license
if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
to freeze (to something); to be frozen (to); to freeze hard; to freeze completely
please; I beg you; for mercy's sake
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
shortcake (layered cream and fruit cake; in Japan, made with sponge cake)
means of transportation; transportation system; way of getting around
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; frond; foliage
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
avenue; boulevard; tree-lined street
foreign car; imported car; paddle wheel
woman of unmatched beauty; beauty like no other
oh; ah; if there is; as for that; that is
co-op; (consumers') cooperative
for the first time in one's life
god of death; death deity; Death; Grim Reaper
there is nothing more that can be done; it's all over
bridal; nuptial; wedding; wedding planning
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
lost article; thing left behind; leaving something behind; forgetting something