battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
to strum; to pluck the strings (of a guitar)
new building; annexe; annex
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
two times; twice; two degrees
cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
hello; good day; good afternoon
to look away; to avert one's eyes
laconic; of few words; reticent; quiet
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
to be conspicuous; to stand out
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
chores; odd jobs; miscellaneous affairs; miscellaneous expenses
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
(turned out) all right in the end
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
in this way; thus; such; uh...
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
self-consciousness; self-awareness
ignoring; disregarding; taking no notice of; refusing to comment on; turning a deaf ear to
coagulation; freezing; solidification
to look old; to become musty; to wear out
wall-mounted ornament; wall decoration; wall hanging; wall-mounted
to mark the passage of time; to let (feel) time pass
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
to take a breath; to take a short rest
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
exorbitant; outrageous; ridiculous; absurd; excessive; inordinate
to tell (somebody) to (do something)