lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
to practice magic; to practise magic
speech balloon (in a comic strip); speech bubble; blowoff; effusion; blowing (of a seasonal or climatic wind)
labored breathing; laboured breathing; dyspnea; dyspnoea
going straight to the point; cutting it short; as it turns out
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
somehow; somewhat; seemingly
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
jumping to a wrong conclusion
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
alternately; by turns; one after the other
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
moment; brief space of time
to resume breathing; to come around; to come back to life
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
not only ... but also; in addition to; consequently
bulky; massive; thick; heavy
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
ultramarine colour (color)
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind