period (esp. in European languages); full stop; period (of time); era; period (interval of a game)
to dart away; to dart off; to gallop away
to trample; to crush underfoot
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
mysterious disappearance; being spirited away
unusual space; other dimension
settlement; permanent residency
idle thoughts; worldly thoughts
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
as far as the eye can see
mountain range; mountain belt
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
gently sloping; gentle; gradual; smooth (process); gentle (e.g. tone of voice); slow (e.g. growth)
wave (on water); wave (electromagnetic, sound, etc.); wave (in hair); wave (audience); Mexican wave
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed
to throw at; to turn; to raise
omniscience and omnipotence
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool; to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil
proper; respectable; decent; honest
lumping together (things or people); treating (everyone) alike; handling indiscriminately; making sweeping generalizations; dealing with (various things) under one head
young person; young people; youth; young employee; young manservant; young follower
being unfamiliar with a locality; not knowing one's way around; (lit.) not knowing one's right hand from the left; being clueless
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
shh!; shush!; hush!; shoo!; scram!
know-it-all airs; I-know-how-it-is look
guidance; showing the way; guide; guidepost; signpost; waymark
to turn left; to turn to the left
sincerely; earnestly; wholeheartedly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
to use (as a tool) for one's own advantage; to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
courteous; decorous; polite
to be confused; to be baffled; to be dumbfounded; to be bewildered; (lit.) to be bewitched by a fox