neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
the way back; the way home; return trip
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; excuse
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
slightly difficult; somewhat bothersome; troublesome; peevish; querulous
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
overreliance on others; excessive babyishness; spoiled person (esp. child)
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
extremity; end; bound; limit
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
rather; better; instead; if anything
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
sullenly; taciturnly; morosely; taciturn person; uncommunicative person
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
suddenly in a bad mood; in a huff; abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
disappointing (end, result, etc.); sad; miserable; tragic; fleeting; transient
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
to the previous extent; as much as previously; as much as one used to
eating everything (on one's plate, etc.)
to talk; to chat; to chatter
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back
very young; little; childish; immature
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
outer canthus; outer corner of the eye
stagnation; standstill; accumulation; stay; sojourn
agitation; stirring; whipping; beating
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal