cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
happening; (unexpected) incident; unforeseen event; surprising occurrence
sense of loss; feeling of loss
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
to disturb; to upset; to ruffle; to stir up; to mess up
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
sincere; earnest; serious
exactly as stated; verbatim
blur; blurred; indistinct
to shake; to wave; to swing; to sway
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
pygmy woodpecker (Dendrocopos kizuki)
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
fabrication; put-up job; trumped-up story; frame-up; hoax
nap; doze; short sleep; staringly; fixedly
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
coincidentally; by chance; unexpectedly; rarely; unusually; seldom
breaking off; snapping off; suddenly stopping
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
white (bleached) bone; skeleton
clothes for a newborn baby; baby clothes
flat board; slab; slat; monotonous; dull; flat
epidemic; plague; pestilence
to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to eat a bit of everything; to encroach upon; to take over
defense; defence; defensive preparations
to bite and tear; to bite a hole in
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
to scrutinize; to scrutinise
cheekbones; zygomatic bone; malar bone
to print; to color or pattern fabric using a wooden mold
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
(feeling of) tightness in the chest
to brighten; to grow light