row of houses; each house; every house; every door
evening meal; supper; dinner
raindrops (dripping from eaves, branches, etc.); exclamation point; exclamation mark
to slide down; to slip down
to surface; to come to the top; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
severe; intense; awe-inspiring; biting; bitter (cold); piercing
mimesis; mimicry; camouflage
mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)
kneading; gloss; paste (e.g. bean paste, mustard paste); parading of portable shrines and floats at festivals
to dismiss (from a position); to exempt; to excuse from; to forgive
dying from blood loss; bleeding to death; hemorrhaging to death
to strangle; to constrict
to sustain a serious wound
clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain
inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure
(parasitic) host; landlord; innkeeper
test of patience; battle of wills; endurance contest
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
lisping; poorly expressed; unclear (wording); imprecise (expression)
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
to dip out; to scoop up; to ladle out
to turn down (heat, sound, etc.)
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
to be dead; to be lifeless
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
parents' ability (or inability) to let go of their children
leavings of a meal; food scraps; leftovers; food particles (in one's teeth or mouth); bits of food
appearance; how one looks to others; towards the outside; outside part
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
(one's) workload; amount of work (to be) done by one
prophet; predictor; prognosticator
contrived; false-sounding