meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
close to the wall; alongside the wall
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
temporary; transient; trifling; slight; negligent
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out
tall figure; high stature
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
to show up; to appear; to turn up
slow; tedious; sluggish; irritating
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
nod deeply; glugging; drinking deeply
oblong; landscape orientation
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
rock hard; stiff and unyielding (personality); clangor
fat; fatty; grand; magnificent; excellent
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
to get one's head around; to think about
teething fever; developmental fever; fever that brings with it an intellectual or psycho-developmental growth spurt
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
title; subject; problem (on a test); question; counter for questions (on a test)
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
silence (not speaking); muteness
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except