to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
hard struggle; strenuous effort
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
to comfort; to console; to amuse
to create (an atmosphere, feeling, etc.); to produce; to engender
meow; miaow; cat; sexual intercourse; making out
irritating; troublesome; gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; heavy (weather); cloudy
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account
to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off
with a crunching or grinding sound; quickly; promptly; crispily; crunchily
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
merger; joining into one; amalgamation; melding; merging; annexation
exchange of ideas; exchange of opinions; brainstorming
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
beginning; outset; first; onset
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
glitter; glimmer; sparkle; twinkle
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
chat-up line; pick-up line; (loving) words
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
wrapping; lapping (i.e. grinding, polishing)
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning