to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
to stare (at); to gaze (at); to look hard (at); to watch intently; to fix one's eyes (on)
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
myself; yourself; I; me; you
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
sound of a gunshot; report of a gun
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
sound; noise; (speech) sound; Chinese-derived reading of a kanji
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism
mixed with; mingled with; interspersed with; dashed with; sprinkled with
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
person living with a family; lodger; housemate; flatmate; roommate
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
main topic; main subject; main issue; this subject
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
wanting (to have); desiring; wishing for; I want (you, them, etc.) to (do)
diligent; hardworking; healthy; well; faithful; honest
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)