stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
feigned ignorance; pretending not to know
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
hollow; mid-air; air; sky
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
name; given name; first name
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
place; position; location; position; standing; status
mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous
piece of wood (cut from a larger piece); chip of wood; block of wood
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment
very difficult to ...; nearly impossible to ...
to look old; to become time-worn; to become worn out; to become old and grubby; to become musty
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
wild; freakish; madcap; crazy; hysterical
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to face each other; to be opposite (to)
silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow
white person; Caucasian; (arch.) beginner; (arch.) amateur; (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
with a click; with a snap
seiza; kneeling with the tops of the feet flat on the floor, and sitting on the soles
cold (attitude); indifferent; unsympathetic; aloof
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
beginning; outset; first; onset
three times; thrice; third (interval)
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
seven times; many times; seventh (interval)