postcard; memo; note; card
sudden; unexpected; unpredictable; unforeseen
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; quality; inherent characteristic; property
comparatively; relatively; fairly; considering ...; for ...; despite ...
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to go out and away; to leave
to entrust (to someone); to leave (in someone's hands)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
(opening a door) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) with a clatter; with a crash; (changing) completely; totally
to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to fart without making a sound
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
roughly; broadly; generally; more or less
tsubo; traditional unit of land area, approx. 3.3 square meters; tsubo; traditional unit of fabric or paper area, approx. 9.18 square centimeters; tsubo; traditional unit of leather or tile area, approx. 918 square centimeters
handrail; railing; banister
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
to stop blowing (of wind); to blow over; to blow itself out; to die down; to subside; to abate
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
sticky; thick (e.g. thickly plastered); icky; to stick closely
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot
heaps; a lot; plenty; with a thud
flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
inside; interior; inner part
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
billow; surge; large wave
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
then; and (then); in that case; if so
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round