to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
unkindness; unfriendliness
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
heart; guts; nerve; central part
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby
though; notwithstanding; although
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
to pick up; to find; to gather
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
stratum; geological formation; layer; bed (coal, gravel, etc.)
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing; block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.); block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape); concrete block; blocking (from view, esp. of websites, on social media, etc.)
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
aluminum foil; aluminium foil; tinfoil; silver-colored paper
diffuse reflection; diffused reflection; irregular reflection
sunlight; rays of the Sun
emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
to be transparent; to show through
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to be silent; to say nothing
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness