four corners; crossroads; intersecting street; street corner
face contorted and about to cry
to shut one's mouth; to hold one's tongue; to keep silent
coloured glasses; tinted glasses; sunglasses; biased view; preconceived view
elder sister; effeminate man
doer; performer; protagonist (in noh or kyogen); hero; speculator (in trading)
middle of the night; dead of night
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
playing with fire; doing something dangerous; (fig.) playing with fire; playing around (with someone); flirting
calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility
loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling
friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
essence; true nature; substance; reality
taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided; contraindication
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)
to pinch and crush; to pinch out
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
unbearable; intolerable; insufferable
atmosphere; air; magnanimity; generosity
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression
both extremities; North and South Poles; positive and negative poles
difference in temperature; difference in degrees of enthusiasm, interest, commitment, etc.
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
colluding; complicity; liaison; compromise; giving in
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
dying; death; dead; useless; damned