thin (paper, cloth, porcelain, etc.); of thin make; superficial (knowledge, critique, etc.); shallow; slight wound; slight cut
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
minimum; at the very least
fitting (e.g. door, window); fit; succession; continuation; series
to jar; to creak; to grate
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
forming a circle; circular formation (orig. in battle); huddle; ring
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
arrangement; disposition; array (programming)
east, west, south and north
one by one; one at a time; in turn
speaker; one who is skilled at speaking
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
(sense of) presence; realism; ambiance
neighbour to the right (person, building, etc.)
left side; left-hand side
to muffle one's voice; to speak (or sob, etc.) quietly
dried squid; dried cuttlefish; Japanese common squid (Todarodes pacificus); (thing that) grows on one over time
to eat (fodder, grass, etc.); to receive (a salary); to receive a stipend from one's lord
commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane
intonation; accent; modulation; inflection
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
to wring the neck; to strangle
talk; chat; troth; lovers' vow
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
narrator; storyteller; reciter
pale; pallid; bluish-white
ghost; revenant; spirit (of the dead); departed soul
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided; contraindication
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; low quality (e.g. of literary works)