to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
vicious circle; vicious cycle
clear and serene (as a polished mirror and still water)
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
to use up all one's strength
vitality; energy; dynamism
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
willpower; energy; vitality
decline; ebb; failure; decay; decrease; loss
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
proper; respectable; decent; honest
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
what do you want?; can I help you?
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
polishing (e.g. essay); revision; elaboration; refinement; improvement
to apologize; to apologise
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
observation; survey; watching
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
(necessary) personnel; required person
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
taking the extenuating circumstances into consideration
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
reduction of penalty; commutation of a sentence
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
involuntarily; instinctively; without realizing; unconsciously
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
person living with a family; lodger; housemate; flatmate; roommate
to be worried; to be troubled
terminal; computer terminal; information access device (smartphone, tablet, book-reader, etc.); end (e.g. of a roll of film)
several times; once or twice
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
staying somewhere else (overnight); spending the night away (e.g. from home); going home (e.g. from hospital) for the night; sleepover
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)