progress; advance; making (good) progress
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
obvious; (as) clear as day; plain to see
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
window-side; window (seat, e.g. on a plane)
special exhibition (at museum, etc.)
exhibition hall (room, area)
planting a field with the same crop each year; repeated cultivation; collaborative literary work; story made up by several writers working on it in turn; series (of novels); cycle (of poems, songs)
inside out; upside down; flip side; opposite; contrary
make; manufacture; -made; made of ...; made in ...
Lindera umbellata (species of spicebush); toothpick; natural wooden chopsticks (tea ceremony); black characters; black text
writing horizontally; horizontal writing
hand-drawn; drawn by hand; hand-painted; painted by hand
(piece of) type; movable type; moveable type; printed word; printed matter; print
gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
treasuring; cherishing; prizing; holding dear
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
amateur's skill or performance
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; presence; appeal
high (spirits); euphoric; intoxicated; high
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation (to one's fate); acceptance; observation and contemplation
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
to extend; to expand; to spread out
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
haunted house; spook house; haunted house (attraction); haunted attraction
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
filling (up); replenishing; filling in (a tooth); loading (a gun with ammunition, a camera with film, etc.); packing; plugging
halo (around the Sun, Moon, etc.); ring; corona
charming; fascinating; voluptuous
contrary to one's wishes; gone awry; gone amiss; short of money; in financial difficulty
plentifully; amply; loosely; with room to spare; a good (e.g. two weeks, ten kilometres); a full
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy