to fall completely silent; to become still as death
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
talk; conversation; dialogue
furnishings; implements; equipment
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
unnatural; artificial; false; forced (e.g. smile); empty (e.g. compliments)
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
study; library; den; home office; reading room
quantity or volume of water
shower stall; shower cubicle; shower room
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
writing; entry (e.g. to a form); posting (e.g. to a blog)
remaining; left-over; excess
to step over or across; to overcome
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
to tear up and throw away
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to be breathtaking; to be stifling
wastepaper; scrap of paper; paper scraps
to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
ground glass; frosted glass
tiled; covered with ceramic tiles
bathhouse; (public) bath; bathroom
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
to concern; to be related
piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to