look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!
at first; in the beginning; originally
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy; grumpily; touchily; scratching
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
elder daughter; older daughter
colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
(wet) compress; poultice; fomentation
shy; bashful; timid; reserved
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
sensitivity; susceptibility
somewhat; to some extent; to some degree; some; part; portion
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
to cease; to stop; to be over
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
stone wall; dry wall; rocky cliff; stone precipice
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
neighbour; neighbor; neighbourhood; neighborhood
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
to dip out; to scoop up; to ladle out
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
stretch; tension; resilience; springiness; will-power; pluck
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration