troubled face; worried expression
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
to become a little hungry; to become a bit peckish
health (concerns, reasons, etc.)
full up; to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
forward; officious; impertinent; intrusive
god of death; death deity; Death
to be sooty; to be stained
to fall flat; to collapse in a heap
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
cannot be avoided (of a problem, etc.); unavoidable; inevitable
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
housing district; residential district
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
railway crossing; railroad crossing; starting line; scratch; determination; stepping over the edge of the ring
electric line; electric cable; power cable; telephone line; telegraph wire
to be tripped up; to be too drunk to stand
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
to telephone; to make a phone call
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
to banter; to make fun of; to cool; to refrigerate; to window-shop; to look at without buying
taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.); walking by oneself; talking a walk by oneself; walking unaided; being able to walk without help; standing on one's own feet
to be delirious with fever; to have a feverish dream; (fig.) to be crazy about something
first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth; first speech; inaugural address
telephone receiver; telephone mouthpiece; making a telephone call; receiving a telephone call
to get jealous; (lit.) to grow horns
lowering; sinking; depreciation; price fall; punch line (of a rakugo story); (arch.) sword strap
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
circular notice (esp. distributed to households within a neighbourhood association)
great; grand; extensive; large-scale
nervousness; oversensitivity
taking care of everything; no need to do anything