(street) corner; turn (in the road); bend; turning point; watershed
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
blond hair; blonde hair; golden hair
to shake; to sway; to rock; to become unstable; to become unsettled; to be shaken
snake; serpent; large snake
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
beast which descends from the sky with a thunderbolt (in Chinese mythology)
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
key to understanding; point (e.g. of an argument)
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
to relax; to feel at home
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
ohajiki; traditional children's game similar to marbles, played with coin-shaped pieces of coloured glass or plastic; gun; pistol
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to smile sweetly (at); to look fondly (at)
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit
having a full stomach; being full; to one's heart's content
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
to feel depressed; to be down
to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to act; to stop by (somewhere; esp. of a criminal on the run); to drop by
leftovers (esp. food); remnants
low dining table; tea table
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand