to sit silently at a meeting
sentimental; mushy; sugary; saccharine; sickly-sweet
feminine; womanly; female
entry (event, competition, etc.); applying for entry; registering to participate; entry (blog, database, etc.); post
guard; security (officer); guardsman
life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic
opening (for that day's business; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.); opening (of a new library, museum, cinema, etc.)
stuffing; mounting; stuffed animal
to half-rise to one's feet
understood; I see; OK; present; here
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
visitor (to a shrine or temple)
in preparation; (shop) not yet open for business
to fall into ruin; to be desolated
amusement (recreational) facilities
starting (construction) work
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
at work; in the midst of work; working
major war; great war; world war
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to release a shutter (camera); to click a shutter
to get blurry vision; to get bleary eyes; to get dim eyesight
wind-swept; exposed to the wind
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
injured person; wounded person; casualty
tear gland; lacrimal gland
to go up in smoke; to burn down; to be cremated; to vanish into thin air
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
to encloud; to make dim; to make dull; to tarnish; to obscure; to darken
to whine; to make feeble complaints
to feign ignorance; to evade one's responsibilities
all living things; all God's creatures, great and small
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark