of late; lately; this part; this point; here
about the same; about equal to; close match
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
to give one's everything; to make one's best effort; to be enthused; to put your back into it
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
tendency; trend; inclination
awkward; embarrassed; embarrassing; inconvenient; inopportune; untimely
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
free (of charge); gratuitous
ticket; coupon; bond; certificate
privately; with outsiders barred; en famille
to grow restive; to begin to act violently
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
to go on waiting only to be disappointed; to wait in vain
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to satisfy oneself (by doing); to find relief (in doing)
that is to say; so that means
trivial; not amounting to much; not a big deal
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
to leave (something) undone; to neglect (a duty, task, etc.); to break (a promise, appointment, etc.); to stand (someone) up
middle of the night; dead of night
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
stealthily; secretly; in secret
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
delicacy; tact; considerateness; sensitivity; thoughtfulness
dispatch; despatch; transmission; informing (e.g. of opinion); sharing (thoughts, etc.); telling
castella (type of sponge cake)
fluttering (cloth, paper, etc.); waving; small fluttering object
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx