gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); gobbling up
bare legs; bare feet; stockingless legs
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
(large) parrot (incl. the cockatoo)
having no idea; having no clue
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
Anna era (968.8.13-970.3.25); Anwa era
genuine; authentic; true; real
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
desperately; for one's dear life
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
serious; earnest; honest; real; legit
private person; individual
parallel world; parallel universe
suddenly; abruptly; impulsively
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to pick up
(treating) equally; without discrimination; impartially; alike; in the same way
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
giving up on winning a hand and discarding only safe tiles
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
scrunchie; hair tie covered in fabric
(set of) facial features; looks
distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly
small face (of a woman; generally considered attractive)
vivid; brightly colored; brilliant; radiant
neat and clean; tidy; trim
conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
quickly; briefly; rashly; carelessly; (flowing) in trickles
shhh! (sound used when getting someone to shut up); shoo! (sound used to drive animals away)
nod; inclination of the head
this, that and the other; this and that