bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)
desk lamp; floor lamp; standard lamp
to be prominent; to be conspicuous
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to surround; to crowd around
root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
scoop (e.g. of icecream); scoopful; small ornamental spoon
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread
simmered with; cooked with; boiling; boiled dish
crisp (like a pickle); crunchy; firm (musculature); stiff (shoulders, neck, etc.)
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
national border; provincial border
cavern; cave; cave system; grotto
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
due to the nature of one's job; because of one's line of work
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
equally; thoroughly; all over; uniformly; without exception; all around
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling