isolation; being alone; being friendless
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
curious; strange; unusual
to divulge one's true feelings; to open one's heart
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
to move (house); to change residence
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
bizarre; strange; weird; grotesque
mirror; looking-glass; barrel head; page added at the beginning of a document mentioning its purpose, date, author, etc.; mirror-shaped mochi
trauma (usu. psychological)
flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)
moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence
intent; intention; bad faith; mens rea (guilty mind)
station wagon; estate car; minivan; people carrier
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
minute adjustment; fine tuning
awning (over window, doorway); eaves (of roof); narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building; visor (of a cap); brim; classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle
to go along; to walk along; to follow
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
during a telephone call; busy line
to connect; to correlate; to associate; to relate; to link
preservation of machinery or vehicles for display purposes (i.e. no longer operational)
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
to talk to oneself; to mutter
piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper
stingy; cheap; very frugal
enumeration; citation; listing
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape