yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
bunch of flowers; bouquet
confectionery shop; candy store; sweet shop
random-access memory; RAM
jewelry store; jewellery store
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
to act first; to act precipitously; to be rash; to get ahead of oneself; to jump the gun
wallet; purse; coin purse; billfold; pocketbook
emptiness; being empty; not carrying anything; unburdened; dishonoured (bill, promise, etc.); false
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
to stand on ceremony; to stiffen up (the nerves); to be tense
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
ratio; proportion; match; equal; compared with ...; relative to ...
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
courting; wooing; making advances
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
figure of speech; rhetorical flourish
absolutely; completely; utterly; really; simply; only
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
being good-for-nothing; useless person
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
(feeling) impatient; irritated; irritating; frustrated; frustrating; vexed
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
(hand) gesture; movement of the hand
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (e.g. endure); stoically