race (of people); type of person
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
one's last moments; (on) the point of death; (on) one's deathbed
reproducibility; repeatability; duplicability
life; living; I; me; student
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
to happen to meet; to come across
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object
empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post
crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy; grumpily; touchily; scratching
to put into the mouth; to eat
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
speech; expression; wording; language
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
lucid dream; dream in which the dreamer is aware that they are dreaming
abrupt plot change; unexpected story development; story development from out of left field
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
all (there is); as long as there is
taste; palate; sense of taste