taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air
snapping back (at someone); lashing out (despite being in the wrong); counterblast; counteroffensive; backlash
early ripening rice; early-ripening fruit (grain, etc.); person who becomes physically or mentally mature at an early age
face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
reserved; introverted; reticent; shy; withdrawn
to be hard to deal with; to be an eccentric; to be idiosyncratic
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
(one's) current position; current location; present position
guess; conjecture; surmise
profitable; worn-out; crumbling
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; lazily
next; secondly; subsequently
thunderous roar; roaring sound
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
counter for scraps, fragments, petals, etc.
to explain; to dispel doubts
to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off
superstition; superstitious belief
demonstration; verification; substantiation; actual proof
chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply
address (e.g. of house); residence; domicile
pupil; student; schoolchild
register of names; list of names; roll; register; roster
cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
library (usu. single-room); small library