missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
supernatural phenomenon; paranormal phenomenon; anomalous phenomenon
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
heavy-hearted; depressed; dispirited; (feeling) down; feeling reluctant (to do)
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
inferiority complex; sense of inferiority
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
violently; without holding anything back; firmly; resolutely
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
nap; short sleep; first sleep of silkworms
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
going back to sleep; sleeping in
without cause; without reason
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
visual confirmation; sighting
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
build; physique; frame; constitution
rising up (of smoke, clouds, etc.); towering; plump; chubby; welling up (of an emotion); boiling up
wide turn; detour; the long way around
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
to tuck (e.g. sleeves); to roll up
lifting a girl's skirt; flipping up a skirt
hmmm; uh-huh; murmur indicating approval, comprehension, etc.
pigtails; bunches; two ponytails; angel wings
to forget everything; to lose one's memory (e.g. of a period); to black out
spatula; (fabric) tracing spatula; (pottery) pallet; (artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop
leaving a letter behind; letter left behind by someone who has departed; farewell letter
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...