to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
presence; sitting with; being with
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house; separation from; loss of interest in; independence of
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
unnatural phenomenon; strange happenings; haunting
older employee who does not have much actual work
to make a mistake; to mess up; to make an error; to err
(not) even once; (not) ever
boom; bang; wham; Oh my God!; What a shock!
telephone bill; telephone rate
stakeout; ambush; lookout; watch; paste-up; collage
unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy
to be on the lookout; to lie in wait
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
shrill; strident; sharp (pain, e.g. headache, earache); ice-cold; very cold
longing for; burning desire
winter vacation; winter holidays
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat
breaking off a relationship; permanent breach of friendship; rupture
related (by blood); blood-related; of the same blood
older brother and younger sister
soon; shortly; nearly; almost
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year
New Year's Eve; end of the year
(aircraft) hangar; (coat) hanger; hunger
to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export
capable of anything; liable to do
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery
otherworldliness; detachment from the real world; lack of worldly sense
to underrate; to make light of
to strike (gold, oil, etc.); to find (e.g. buried treasure); to dig up
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
nature; natural constitution; innate disposition
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen