handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features)
murder; killing; murderer
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
to speak disparagingly of; to speak very ill of; to run down; to trash; to slam; to lay into
dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently; gloomily
assumption; supposition; hypothesis; supposition
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
there is nothing; having nothing
as (much) as possible; as (far) as possible
to sense; to perceive; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
(frustratingly) slow; tedious; sluggish; roundabout (e.g. explanation); exasperating; irritating
conclusion (of an argument, discussion, study, etc.); conclusion
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
drawing; painting; picture
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
long-awaited; much-awaited
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
chestnut-color; chestnut-colour
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
forbidding look; uncanny look
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
to carry on one's back; to bear; to take (responsibility); to assume; to suffer (an injury); to sustain (a wound)
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
distortion; stretch; strained interpretation; technicality; casuistry; sophistry
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
unchanged (from long ago); as it was in the past; same old; traditional
wooden building; wooden architecture
bungalow; one-story house
landlord; landlady; house owner; home owner; head of the household
repetition; repeat; replication; recursion; iteration
pan; pot; saucepan; stew; hot pot
setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)
to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed
kitchen knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
chopping board; cutting board; flat chest; tiny breasts
intruder; invader; trespasser; raider
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
cutting a fingernail (or toenail) to the quick; cutting a nail too close; deep-set nail; deep-set part of nail