quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
feeling chilly; nervous; anxious; frightened
arguing someone down; scolding; rebuking; proclaiming (the truth); expounding
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
leopard (Panthera pardus)
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
to dazzle one's eyes; to hold one's gaze; to fascinate; to captivate
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
to appear; to start to appear; to show signs of appearing
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
firm-sided backpack made of leather, etc. (used by Japanese elementary schoolchildren, often red for girls and black for boys)
to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
layout (of a house or apartment); arrangement of rooms
living room (Western style); sitting room
eat-in-kitchen; combination kitchen-dining room; dropkick (rugby)
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
to finger; to touch; to play with; to grope; to feel around (in one's pocket, bag, etc.)
new land; new world; new sphere of activity