to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
ginger (Zingiber officinale)
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
extensive knowledge; erudition
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
clearing one's throat; cough
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (for ever); to continue to conceal
mountain top; summit; peak
horizon (related to land)
eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious
empty threat; bluff; paper tiger
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
part of the eyebrow closest to the nose
wind direction; situation; way things are going; mood; temper
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
to take a breather; to take a rest; to take a break
just because; even if; even though
freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
short distance; short range; short-haul