shy; diffident; retiring; reserved
another family; another house
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
accurate; correct; precise; exact
lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating
to do wholeheartedly; to put one's heart into something
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
verdant; fresh and green; bright green; lush
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
the more one looks (at it) the more...
odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream
baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
already; now; no longer; not any more
dry grass; dead grass; hay; withered grass
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
aspect; phase; condition; modality (philosophy)
unfairness; injustice; partiality
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to push aside; to brush aside
excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury
control; check; restraint; inhibition
following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with