(set of) facial features; looks
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as
adoption; acceptance; confiscation; midwifery; midwife
kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction; kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor
truth; reality; seriousness; logical truth; printed style writing; star performer
to step forward; to volunteer
what sort of; what kind of; what way
just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...
lacking a plan; haphazard
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral
glutinous rice steamed with red beans or some other ingredient; (arch.) trickery; (arch.) deception
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
gentlemen; men; the men's (sign on toilet, bathroom, etc. doors)
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
transfer; redirection; transmission; forwarding (telephone call, e-mail, etc.)
white heat; incandescence; becoming excited; getting heated (e.g. of a discussion); reaching a climax
to drive a bargain; to beat down the price; to haggle
blowing repeatedly (e.g. to cool something down); huffing and puffing; puffing and panting; struggling (with work, studies, etc.); having difficulty
in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
need not; (not) have to; need not have; need not exist
to be photographed; to be projected
from one's seat; without stirring