to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
enclosure; fence; storage (of fruit, vegetables, etc.); partitioned area of a room for conducting tea ceremonies; mistress; castle
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
Latin alphabet; Roman alphabet; romaji; romanized Japanese; system of transliterating Japanese into the Latin alphabet
being unable to read the situation; being unable to pick up on the mood of a conversation
to set (sun); to become dark
house to house; door to door
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
closing time; lockup; curfew
without permission; without notice
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable
to do something with painful reluctance; (lit.) to have one's hair pulled from behind
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
children's story; fairy tale
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
The Little Match Girl (1845 short story by Hans Christian Andersen)
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
scene; spectacle; sight; view
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
death from cold; freezing to death
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)
special enlarged (bumper) issue
great; grand; extensive; large-scale
over-optimistic calculation; counting one's chickens before they're hatched
opportunity to show one's abilities; time to show one's stuff; one's province
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight