mysterious bird; strange bird; eerie bird; monster that has taken the form of a bird
Washington, DC (United States); Washington (US state)
bang on the money; spot on; right answer
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
(with) one's face beaming with joy; smiling from ear to ear
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
wondrous; marvellous; uncanny; like a charm
common sense; general knowledge; common knowledge
bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden
archaic word; obsolete word; old saying; old adage; old language; ancient language
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
girl (usu. attractive) with glasses; glasses-wearing girl
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
Japanese beautyberry (Callicarpa japonica)
Sei Shonagon (Poet of the Heian period, included in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu)
Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo-Cutter)
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
admission; incorporation; enlistment; enrollment
hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student
pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to crouch; to squat; to cower
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
Western-style; foreign; Western-style toilet; flush toilet; water closet
Japanese-style (esp. in reference to squat toilets)
to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity