being about to cry; the verge of tears
twenty-ninth day of the month; twenty-nine days
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
goal; basket (basketball); finishing line; Gaul
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper
to examine someone's expression
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
to pull out; to draw out; to disconnect; to steal contents of; to pilfer (from); to pickpocket
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
fury; frenzy; madness; wildness
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
to telephone; to make a phone call
ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power
giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis); qilin (Chinese unicorn); (arch.) horse that can ride 1000 ri in a day
toilet; restroom; bathroom; lavatory
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
ago; since; before; previous
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
reality; actuality; hard fact
feeling of envy; jealous feeling
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
cruelty; hard-heartedness
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
fourth day of the month; four days
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
memory; ability to remember