scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
alone; by oneself; on one's own
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
muttering voice; murmuring voice
face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); because ...; for good reason; there is a (good) reason that ...
to tumble down; to roll down
horizon (related to land)
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
start; beginning; starting (e.g. a race); departing; starting point
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
to listen attentively to; to be absorbed in (listening to)
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
forward (position); attacker; forwarding (an email); forward (contract)
vinegared rice; rice prepared for sushi
(being) face to face; facing each other
to have a talk; to tell a story
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
gossip; corner of the mouth
to become muddy; to become slushy
mud; (wet) dirt; thief; Android (mobile operating system)
(sense of) sight; eyesight; vision
anesthetic injection; anaesthetic injection
self-deprecating; self-mocking