chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
article; news story; report; account
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
woman; female; feminine gender
solitude; loneliness; isolation
heading; headline; index; headword
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
postcard; memo; note; card
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
death from disease; death from illness
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
death from prostration; death from emaciation
(death from) starvation; starving to death
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
discovery; detection; finding
mainland; the country proper; native country; country where one was born; pure land; Buddha realm
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
(death from) starvation; starving to death
in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
unexpected; contrary to expectations; by chance; casual
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
to stand on end (hair, fur); to bristle; to ruffle (up)
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive
with all one's strength; with all one's might
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to