blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
abstract; immaterial; moral; spiritual; intangible
winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying
in that way; like that; that way
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
delicious; tasty; sweet; attractive; appealing; convenient
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
common; ordinary; conventional; customary
insignificant; inconsequential; trifling; negligible; of little importance
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
nonchalant air; unruffled air
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
gasping for breath; puffing and panting; wheezing
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
little girl; maiden; young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period)
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
place; situation; position; location
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
dimness; obscurity; indistinctness; unclear; unintelligible
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with