clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
metre; meter; meter; gauge
suddenly and precipitately; take a sudden turn
ptoo (i.e. spitting sound); ptew; ptooey
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
to be a bad influence (on something); to corrupt; to poison
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
normalcy; normality; normal
truth is stranger than fiction
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
Japanese person; Japanese people
elegance; taste; refinement
pressing one's hands together in prayer; triangular frame of a thatched roof; yours sincerely; yours truly
complete stranger; total stranger
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
to rub together; to reconcile (ideas, proposals, plans); to compare and adjust
congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things
comparing and adjusting; reconciling; lapping; precision surface finishing; margination
cut; notch; end; conclusion
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
in-house; (on) the grounds; (in) the premises; hall; theatre; theater
to become fine (of fabric); to be checkmated; to be hard pressed; to be at a loss
how; in what way; by what means
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
to lose sight of; to miss
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
time of departure; (on the) point of departure; just as one is leaving