sudden; unexpected; unpredictable; unforeseen
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
temple (building); temple (side of head)
to shoot out (lights, window, etc.)
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
stupid; half-witted; dull-witted; blockhead; idiot; dimwit
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
maintaining a reasonable distance; neutral position; indecision
make-up; get-up; disguise; costume
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
stratum; geological formation; layer; bed (coal, gravel, etc.)
Japan's first circulated coinage (minted in 708 CE)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish (of photographs)
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
air con; air conditioner; air conditioning
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
normal temperature; room temperature; constant temperature; fixed temperature
mental; spiritual; emotional
chilly; unpleasantly cold
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
selling on the market (in the marketplace, in stores, etc.); making something commercially available; commercial (e.g. software); over-the-counter; off-the-shelf
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
(piece of) rope; ordinary method
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
that's the way it is; such is life