to take a breath; to take a short rest
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
major cleanup; spring cleaning
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
most interesting part (of a story); climax; good part; scenic spot; beautiful place
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
jūbako; multi-tiered food box
to fiddle with; to monkey around with
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
school building; schoolhouse
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
door; gate; opening; title page
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to go past; to pass; to pass by
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
impossible; unlikely; improbable
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
eyesore; unpleasant sight; obstructing a view
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness
(inflected) end of a word; end of a sentence
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
genuine article; real thing; real deal
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder