speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
sanity; consciousness; soberness
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
as before; as ever; as it was originally
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
using as an intermediary; through
for the first time in one's life
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
to be hideously burned; to be burned raw
to be turned up; to be lifted up (e.g. by the wind)
mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
toppling sideways; turning sideways; falling over sideways; barrel roll
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
that night; that evening; over the course of the evening
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
extinguishing; dying out (of a fire); putting out
to be in a fit (of anger); to rage
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
black rain; heavily polluted, radioactive rain sometimes following an atmospheric nuclear explosion (esp. that of Hiroshima)
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to surround; to crowd around
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
rainy sky; sky as it looks when it is about to rain; threatening sky
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
overcoat; greatcoat; cloak; wrap; mantle
belt (waist, seat, etc.); strap; belt; zone; drive belt; machine belt
clatter; clank; rattling; capsule toy vending machine
leather boots; rubber boots; wellingtons; wellies; long boots; high boots
fire brigade; fire company
fire fighting; extinguishing a fire