strange; odd; queer; peculiar; weird
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
I doubt it (card game); cheat; bluff; I doubt that; no way; you're fibbing
distant place; faraway location; far away
to meet the requirements; to satisfy the conditions
external; foreign (e.g. relations); public (e.g. image)
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; age (when ...); for years (past)
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
foreign country; foreign land; strange land; far-off land
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
continuation; succession; series; continuous
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
after that; afterwards; thereafter
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
unselfishness; wanting little
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
inner part; interior; living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room; recesses (of one's mind); bottom (of one's heart)
child (esp. one of elementary school age or younger)
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
sermon; preaching; homily; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
inside one's heart; in one's mind
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
Shinto priest; chief priest (of a Shinto shrine); Welsh onion
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
(dying) suddenly; (breaking) brittly; with a snap; softly and swellingly
strange disease; rare disease