speech; words; one's lines; remarks
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
disappointed; dejected; disheartened; indignant; angry
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
paltry amount of money; cheapness; worthlessness; three one-mon coins
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
so; like this; in this way
tedious; verbose; wordy; redundancy
several minutes; a few minutes
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
occupation; calling; livelihood
mental; spiritual; emotional
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
left side; left-hand side
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go
opposite side; opposition
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
(with a) start; fright; alarm
how long; how far; how much
firmly rooted; deep-seated
to rise; to erect; to get up
movable floor boards; trap door
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object
to tilt (esp. head); to lean; to incline; to slant
in case of; at that time; at this time
spiced sake (served at New Year's)
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
to creep about; to crawl around
ticklish; embarrassed; awkward; ill at ease (esp. when receiving public praise)