astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
to be able to reduce the price; to be able to be reduced
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
manly; masculine; like a man
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way
chapter one; first chapter
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
handsome man; actor in a love scene
postscript; post scriptum; PS; P.S.
mail service; postal service; mail; mail; postal matter; postal items
enclosing (e.g. with a letter)
chapter; section; medal; badge; insignia
crushing; squashing; crumpling; crinkling (into a broad smile); forming creases; forming wrinkles
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); to shave (one's head)
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
author; writer; novelist; artist
to set about in earnest; to make a strenuous effort; to put one's back into (doing)
male instincts; male frivolity
hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
dry; dry (tone, humour, etc.); unemotional; dry (of alcohol)
outer canthus; outer corner of the eye
dirty mind; conniving mind; self-interested thinking
cannot help (feeling); unbearably; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
to try and draw someone out; to fish for information; (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them; to offer water before a grave
whispered conversation; whispering
to sleep like a log; to sleep deeply
a little difficult; slightly hard; not feasible; not possible
(sense of) rivalry; competitiveness
brake; (a) stop (to a development, behavior, etc.); (the) brakes
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels; to be self-complacent
returning home to one's parents (orig. of a married person); visiting one's parents (for a prolonged period of stay); bride's first visit to her parents after getting married; coming back (of an item; after having been on loan, etc. abroad); (arch.) temporarily returning to one's home (of a servant)
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
to be outpushed; to lose a pushing competition
unpacking (esp. after moving house)
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)