fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
sliver of hope; gleam of hope; ray of hope
backlight (in photography, etc.); illumination (of the subject) from behind
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
stepping back; drawing back
to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath
tinnitus; ringing in the ears
eleventh day of the month; eleven days
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
to assume an aspect; to take on an appearance
to one's heart's content; to one's complete satisfaction; as much as one likes; heartily; thoroughly; without restraint
house hunting; searching an entire house; searching a house thoroughly
on the occasion of; at the time of
munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)
snack food (esp. potato chips, popcorn, etc.); munchie
washing; laundry; relaxing; taking a break
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
black terracotta; black soil
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
uneasiness; vague apprehension; premonition
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
eggplant (Solanum melongena); aubergine
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
to muster up one's courage
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
one (esp. of two); the other; one way; on the other hand
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
customer traffic; customers; custom