to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to amuse oneself; to make merry
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
land near a castle; castle town
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
incident; affair; happening; event
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
counter; window; teller window; contact person; point of contact
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation
people; citizens; subjects; folk
for example; for instance; e.g.
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)
welcome (news); inviting; encouraging; tempting; hopeful
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
to build (a nest); to nest; to haunt (a place); to hang out (somewhere)
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
crunching; chewing or crushing something hard; hard and crunchy; very skinny; emaciated
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression