large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
pinch; tough spot; bind; clothespin; clothes peg
to be at a loss for words
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
broken; interrupted; disconnected; intermittent; fragmentary; discontinuous
to crumple (up); to wrinkle; to rub thoroughly; to massage (esp. in sexual contexts)
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
summary; recapitulation; aggregation
irrespective of the person concerned; indiscriminately; anyone and everyone; anybody at all
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
preface; introduction; preamble
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
unable to take one's eyes off of something; having to keep a watchful eye on
to become slightly sweaty; to sweat a little; to become moist with sweat
caressing; fondling; (sexual) petting
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
-like; pseudo-; imitation; counterfeit; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
posture; position; stance
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
to have one's heart stop beating; to be shocked; to be staggered
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
pierced; drilled; perforated; hollow
to collapse; to give up; to lose one's nerve; to have one's knees give way