departure; leaving; setting off
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
to kick (hard); to send flying with a kick; to kick away; to reject flatly; to refuse outright; to turn down
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
shrieking; squealing; screeching; chattering (e.g. of a monkey); chittering
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
to move (to another place or state); to change (e.g. of state, affiliation, scenery, etc.); to spread (of a fire, smell, etc.); to catch (an illness); to move (e.g. of one's focus); to change (e.g. of one's interest)
to scrape out; to rake out (e.g. ashes); to bail out (e.g. water)
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
to twist; to screw; to wrench; to sprain
dressing (esp. in kimono); fitting; helping someone get dressed; outer garment (in kabuki)
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
fire grate; fireplace grate; grate
to get burned and stuck on (e.g. rice in a pan); to become uncollectable (e.g. debt or loan); to become irrecoverable; to remain unchanged (e.g. stock market)
to scrape off; to rub off
to get used to; to get familiar with; to get skillful (in doing); to become proficient
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (gazing, staring); intently
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
covered with; stained; smeared
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected