to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
unrequited love; one-sided love
ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people
to be grateful; to feel grateful; to be thankful
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
without; unless; have to do
disease; ailment; illness
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
to be more than one can imagine (esp. of sadness, anguish, etc.); to be impossible to comprehend
stupidity; silliness; asininity; imbecility; dim-wittedness
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
sturdy spirit; bold; daring; brave; valiant; undaunted
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
but; however; even though; even if
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
(telephone) extension; additional telephone handset; portable handset; cordless telephone
to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
firing practice with live ammunition
sight (e.g. of a gun); aim; alignment
abandoned building; derelict building
to put on airs; to act big; to throw one's weight about; to be overbearing; to be domineering; to be bossy
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate