steel; sword steel; sword
sense of touch; tactile; haptic; hair style with long bangs
to get slightly dirty (all over)
feeling keenly; fully realizing
to shine; to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)
one's hand; name tag; nameplate; wallet-sized (photo)
cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air
out of habit; by inertia; by force of habit; mechanical
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
reason; cause; whys and wherefores; particulars
transformer; converter (socket plug adapter)
pause; suspension; rest; stoppage
cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation
steel; steal (baseball, basketball)
breath; breathing; bracelet
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
life and death; life or death
bicycle parking (spot, shed, etc.); parking area for bicycles
to be lifted up (with a crane, ropes, etc.); to be raised; to be hoisted; to turn upward (esp. of eyes); to slant upward
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
heated wire; infrared rays; heat rays
down jacket; quilted down coat
glacial period; glacial epoch; glacial era; tough period; drought (of opportunities, jobs, etc.)
extinction; annihilation; destruction
thawing of snow; thaw; thaw (in relations)
lump of ice; block of ice; ice floe
to be lost in deep thought; to be deeply immersed in thought
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
to remove; to move out of the way
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
to row; to paddle; to pedal (a bicycle, etc.); to swing (on a swing); to work (a hand pump); to push through (a thicket, deep snow, etc.)
same time; simultaneous; concurrent; synchronous
stagnation; hindrance; delay
by the end of this year; before the year comes to a close; during this year
children's hairstyle of short untied hair; child with short untied hair; young girl working as a servant for a high-class prostitute (Edo period); (arch.) baldness; (arch.) bald head
short (in height); stumpy; tiny; short (trousers, etc.); undersized
making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing