to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
silencing (e.g. machine); muffling; muting (e.g. TV)
solid; firm; steady; unshakeable; unwavering
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
sense of touch; tactile; tactual; hair style with long bangs
to get slightly dirty (all over)
feeling keenly; fully realizing
to shine; to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)
one's hand (when playing cards); name tag; nameplate; wallet-sized (photo)
cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
snakelike; snaky; serpentine
pause; suspension; rest; stoppage
cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation
steel; steal (baseball, basketball); still (picture)
breath; breathing; bless; bracelet
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
life and death; life or death
to be lifted up; to be hung up; to twitch upwards; to turn upward; to slant upward
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
heated wire; infrared rays; heat rays
down jacket; quilted down coat
glacial period; glacial epoch; glacial era; tough period; drought (of opportunities, jobs, etc.)
extinction; annihilation; destruction
lump of ice; block of ice; ice floe
to be lost in deep thought; to be deeply immersed in thought
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
to remove; to move out of the way
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
to row; to scull; to pedal (e.g. bicycle); to swing (on a swing); to operate a hand pump; to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.)