commanding; awe-inspiring; bitter (cold); piercing
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to make trouble; to rock the boat; to make waves; to aggravate a situation
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
companion; company; tritagonist; second supporting character
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
slowly; unhurriedly; without haste; leisurely; at one's leisure
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
chit; slip; ticket; voucher
casually; nonchalantly; easily; without difficulty; as if nothing had happened
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
recovery; undoing; recall
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
former girlfriend; ex-girlfriend
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (suit)
crack; fissure; rift (in a relationship); split; crack
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
to fly; to race away; to vanish; to disappear; to rush over; to hurry over
part-time employer; place where one works part-time
leaving work; clocking out
good humour (humor); good mood
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
corner; section; one horn; pillar (of a group, system, etc.); member (of an organization, etc.); first corner
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
secondhand bookshop; antiquarian bookshop
low dining table; tea table
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
this world; this life; world of the living
life or death; existence; destiny
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
serious; grave; dignified; solemn