to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
pointing out; identification
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
obscure; vague; ambiguous
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
chopping block; springboard for discussion; draft proposal; tentative plan
male; manly; brave; larger (of the two); greater; (arch.) man
densely covered in thick hair; hairy; fuzzy
crocodile; alligator; (arch.) shark
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
migratory bird; bird of passage
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
to pen; to write; to draw
tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
up in a tree; in the trees
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
foxes and tanuki; sly fellow; deceiver
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
an inch ahead; the immediate future
dead of night; shades of night; black of night