draft; draught; handprint; signed hand-print
everywhere; everywhere one goes; wherever one goes
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding
while; during; while; although; all; both
watch-keeping; guard; lookout
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
just because; even if; even though
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
without; but if; otherwise; or else
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
to loiter around; to wander about
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
older sister; lass; young lady
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was