safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
friendly fire; killing each other by mistake; internecine strife
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
about; on; regarding; per; for every
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
has never (done, occurred); there has never been an instance (where); there is no precedent (for)
word; term; language; speech
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
cry (of an animal); call; chirp; song; caw; roar
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
sunlight; rays of the Sun
each house; every house; many houses
student (esp. a university student)
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
to put to bed; to let sleep; to lay (something) down; to put on its side; to let (money, goods, etc.) lie idle; to set aside unused
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
from the viewpoint of; according to
to look into; to peep into; to peer into
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to kick (hard); to send flying with a kick; to kick away; to reject flatly; to refuse outright; to turn down
to remove; to move out of the way
cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess
to put in order; to tidy up; to settle (a matter); to solve; to finish; to get through
disorder; confusion; clutter; mess; muddle; disarray
reading partway; leaving half-read