clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
to begin; to set about; to start
corner; bend; segment (within a radio or TV program); session; area; department
to have an eye on; to zero in on
night owl; nighthawk; late bird; to stay up late; to keep late hours
to get dressed up; to treat oneself
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown
to look away; to turn away
to breathe while sleeping
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
conscious; deliberate; intentional
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
mental condition; state of mind; mentality
worst; worst-case (scenario)
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)
strings; stringed instrument; string ensemble
light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon
one clap; one beat; one mora (taken as a unit of time)
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
(mumbling) incomprehensibly; while mumbling; mutteringly; murmuringly
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up
several times; several degrees
silver utensil; silverware
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)