feeding (animals); provisioning
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
crackling (of fire, fireworks, etc.); sparking; sputtering; to fight; to argue
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
not a chance; not likely; no way; oh no; yuck; eew
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
liking; taste; fancy; wish; desire; choice
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
sour look; surly face; pout
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence; power
to dismantle; to demount; to take something away; to detach
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
scenery; scene; landscape
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)
irrespective of the person concerned; indiscriminately; anyone and everyone; anybody at all
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; anyway; as you know; for you see
your husband; her husband
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
to project; to show (on a screen); to portray; to depict; to reflect (the times, mood, etc.)
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
information; news; report; reward; retribution
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
rather than; more ... than ...
offender; criminal; culprit
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
watch; guard; lookout; surveillance; watchman; sentinel
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
news; word; tidings; omen; foreboding; premonition
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
to erase; to rub out; to turn off (a light, TV, heater, etc.); to switch off; to extinguish (a fire, candle, etc.); to put out; to remove (a smell, pain, etc.)