nerve; nerves; sensitivity
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
to go up the stairs; to climb the stairs
front; frontage; facade; main
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
men's (fashion, wear, etc.); men
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
to be packed (with); to be filled; to be blocked (of a pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to be become shorter; to shrink; to be at a loss (for)
one side; one party; the other side; one (of a pair); the other (one); the mate
to assume an aspect; to take on an appearance
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)
sash; sliding window frame (esp. metal)
to insert; to put in; to come in (of light); to shine in; to have a griping pain (in the stomach, chest, etc.)
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words
desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech
(for) household use; home use; domestic use
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
stirring; slight movement
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
long time; several hours; long spell
congestion (of blood); engorgement