to bawl; to cry; to scream
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
reservation; putting on hold; deferment
to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
disturbance; perturbation; derangement
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
great person; eminent figure
ceremony; celebration; law code
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
remembrance; recollection; recognition
private property; personal belongings; personal effects
deeply religious; devout; godly; faithful
rather; better; instead; if anything
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
eating with one's fingers; snitching food; snatched food; embezzlement; misappropriation; flirting
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire