dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
now that you say that; now that you mention it
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
to think of; to come up with
worried look; concerned expression
same room; sharing a room; occupying the same room
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
being present (at the same meeting, occasion, etc.); attendance (with); sitting with; same (seating) precedence; same rank
to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project
quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)
supreme; sublime; highest
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
to cling to; to embrace; to throw one's arms around
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
close adhesion; sticking firmly (to); relating closely (to); having relevance (to); contact printing
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
reputation; (public) estimation; rumour; rumor; fame; notoriety
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
zabuton; flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular
lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
exactly alike (in appearance); like two peas in a pod; (practically) identical; spitting image (of); carbon copy (of)
in turns; in series; in order; by rotation
admiration; wonder; astonishment
grains; lumps; drops; grainy; bumpy; coarse
to hug (someone) tight; to embrace; to give (someone) a tight hug; to cuddle
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
stepping back; drawing back
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
to relax; to feel at home
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements; e.g. trembling, quick steps); gradual; bit by bit
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
trifling; little; few; slight