natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
to be absorbed in thought; to muse; to muse about; to think things through
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak
mitate satsujin; murder done in a way that alludes to something such as a nursery rhyme or a legend (esp. in crime fiction)
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
to (see and) choose; to select; to diagnose (as); to judge; to estimate; to liken (to)
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
private opinion; personal view; personal opinion
location (of something); whereabouts; hiding place
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
high-quality goods; luxury item
good-natured; of good character
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection; fondness
not at all; don't worry about it; forget about it
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
ass; arse; rear; end; acupuncture point; hole
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
something white; snow; gray hair; grey hair
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
lime; quicklime; caustic lime
flour; meal; powder; heroin
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model