(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
arranging beforehand to tell the same story; getting the stories straight; coordinating one's stories
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
preference; priority; precedence
coordination; matching (e.g. clothes, accessories, furniture, colours)
U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); returning to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
number one; first; best; most; game; round
(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene
firmly; solidly; heartily
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
very early in the morning; so early in the morning; at this ungodly hour
to come to one's senses; to calm down
surroundings; environs; circumference
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
one more time; once more; once again
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
to act lovestruck; to be fawning; to act affectionate
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)