what with this and that; for a number of reasons
evening; last night; yesterday evening
Japanese and Chinese poetry; poetry; poems
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously
light; faint; pale; fleeting
smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion
secret; private; surreptitious
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
to be cut out for (e.g. a job); to be suited (to)
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
noisily (e.g. from many people talking); creating a commotion; rustling (leaves); feeling a chill; getting the chills
to ask a question; to ask questions
with one's mouth wide open; gapingly
riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty
broken; intermittent; disconnected
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer
(one) letter; (one) character
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle; long stride; big steps; thigh-scooping body drop
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
shopping; purchased goods
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
(department) store; (department) stores
harmonica; mouth organ; cunnilingus; hypodermic syringe
to get late; to advance; to wear on
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
strenuous exertion; spurt; splurge
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby