establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
another time; some other time
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
instead; but (on the other hand)
game arcade; video arcade; penny arcade
way (of doing); manner; method; means
button (clothing); push-button
to take aim (at); to set one's sights (on); to zero in (on)
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
fearfully; nervously; timidly; gingerly
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
place; situation; position; location
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
small point; knob; protuberance; aloneness; loneliness; solitude
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
just you wait and see (as a threat)
exactly as stated; verbatim
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for
to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to hang up; to end a telephone conversation
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity