(sound of one's) heartbeat
to recognize by sound (recognise); to identify by sound; to understand; to be reasonable
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
reduced scale; scaling down
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
low-ranking samurai; rolling three and one (in a dice game)
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
to spend time (on doing something)
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
with a friendly grin; smilingly
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
muffler; scarf; comforter; muffler (for a vehicle exhaust); silencer
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
so; like this; in this way
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
to come apart at the seams; to be ripped; to begin to open; to begin to bloom; to smile broadly; to break into a smile
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
to be helpful; to be useful
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
(with a) thump; (hanging) straight down
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange