to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
"bird-in-the-cage" children's game
patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
man; male; masculine gender
comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
buff (color); buffing; buff (positive status effect)
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
front; frontage; facade; main
you; before (a god, nobleman, etc.); in front of
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to notice; to realize; to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses)
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
quality (of a product or a service)
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
slipping out (a chuckle, giggle); unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh)
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
this and that; various things
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
going to bed; retiring (for the night)
hey!; say!; I say!; I; me
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
business that exploits its employees (e.g. through unpaid overtime)
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless