one layer; single layer; monopetalous; unlined kimono; single-edged eyelid; eyelid with an epicanthic fold
thin (of an object); pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.)
sneer; derision; scornful laugh; cold smile
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
example; instance; precedent; custom; habit
to seal (e.g. a letter); to prevent (e.g. movement); to forbid; to block (e.g. speech)
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
to keep one's temper; to maintain one's composure; to remain calm; to keep presence of mind; to preserve one's equilibrium
to endeavor (to do); to endeavour; to try hard; to work hard; to strive; to make an effort
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
long time; long interval; for quite some time
to search for; to seek for; to look for
to have a chill run down one's spine
worth; merit; value; good point; strong point; redeeming feature
marital relationship; marital relations
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements; e.g. trembling, quick steps); gradual; bit by bit
to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
inadvertently (letting out a laugh); quickly; all of a sudden; all at once
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
going to and fro; back and forth
appraisal; estimation; evaluation; setting prices
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
failure; mistake; blunder
one's best interests; one's own good
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
to explain clearly; to give detailed instructions
to take someone's life; to kill someone
to repeat; to do over again
frail; flimsy; insubstantial; insignificant; lacking gravitas
mercy; compassion; clemency; rufous hawk-cuckoo; northern hawk-cuckoo
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to learn something through hearing
beautiful (of one's appearance, voice, bearing, etc.); lovely; heartwarming (of a relationship, state of affairs, etc.); beautiful; wonderful
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)