good humour (humor); good mood
looking pale; looking unwell
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
that's true; of course; obviously
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
to soar; to fly; to run; to dash
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
single word; a few words; brief comment
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
stern expression; severe expression; grim expression
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
town; city; municipal; urban
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
detached classroom; small branch school
official name; formal name
next year; next fiscal year
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
service (bus, train); operation; motion; revolution; movement
closing of a school; closed school
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
in full force; in great numbers; in droves; large-scale project; grand plan
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
dilapidated house; deserted house
to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
hard to believe; fabulous; unbelievable; incredible
ennui; languishing; feeling of exhaustion; lassitude; lethargy