shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
to settle (in a place); to settle down
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
to make a payment via bank deposit transfer; to discard another player's winning tile
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to collect (e.g. one's thoughts); to get in order
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
beautiful woman; (a) beauty
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
face; looks; vestiges; trace
awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something
email; mail (usu. in compound words); post; message (sent over a chat application); instant message; male
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
dark clouds gather; threatening signs emerge; trouble is afoot
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
all you have to do is; just; that's all
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)
to correct oneself; to restate
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)