degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
champion; (first-prize) winner; victor; titleholder
to be noisy; to be astir; to rustle; to murmur
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
preparations for returning (home)
men and women of all ages
point; dot; one point; one matter; one point (in a game, exam, etc.); one mark
to squeeze out; to wring out
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
taking part on the spur of the moment; participating without registering beforehand; last-minute entrant; specking on flower petals
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
anything and everything; just about everything
exactly alike (in appearance); like two peas in a pod; (practically) identical; spitting image (of); carbon copy (of)
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
but; however; provided that
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
inquiry; enquiry; question; searching; looking for
to call on someone; to call at a place; to ask; to inquire; to hear; to be told
wildly enthusiastic; crazy (about something)
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
calling repeatedly (e.g. someone's name); shouting repeatedly; pronouncing successively (usu. repeating a syllable with voicing, as in "tsuzuku")
to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against someone; to play (a game, match, etc.) against someone
seeming (to be); appearing; apparently
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
to kneel (in respect); to genuflect
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
chatteringly; wittering on; prattling on; blathering on
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
flushing (of one's cheeks); dizziness; rush of blood to the head
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
one eye; one of one's eyes; being blind in one eye; person who is blind in one eye
to close (one's eyes); to shut