spontaneous discharge; sudden outburst; accidental gun discharge
willingly; voluntarily; of one's own accord
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
assumption; supposition; hypothesis; supposition
(a person's) appearance; looks
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
to have a good idea; to be able to predict
to loiter; to hang around; to wander around; to prowl; to roam
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
from the beginning; from the first; of course; not to mention ...; not only ... but also ...
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
to underrate; to make light of
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
as expected; just as one thought; as feared; sure enough
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
dispersal; breaking up; running away; fleeing
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
to smooth with the hand; to stroke; to comb (down); to strum (a stringed instrument); to pluck
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize