tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
relieved; refreshed; frank; candid; easy-going
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact
position; job; employment; opening
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to make (somewhere) one's final home; to make (a place) one's final resting place; to do (something) for the rest of one's life; to devote (the rest of) one's life to (something)
book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to fold up; to fold into layers
to lean against; to set against
sleeping pill; sleep medication
to go into labor; to go into labour
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
at someone's (something's) mercy
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
cake wrapped in bamboo leaves
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
notable; important; chief; valuable; conspicuous; outstanding
to cause trouble; to cause a disturbance
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness; concern
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
excluding the case when; when not
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
being startled; getting a shock
to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty
deeply (stab, thrust, etc.); hard
to project; to stick out; to stand out
to grow up; to become an adult