adhesive bandage; sticking plaster; band-aid
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
balcony; veranda; verandah; porch
to head towards; to direct one's steps to
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to clear up; to become cloudless; to be refreshed
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (e.g. voice); fluent; eloquent
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
attendance (at school); going to school
world; society; people; the public
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
paying; remunerative; advantageous; profitable
manual or physical labor; manual or physical labour
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to break (by kicking); to kick down (e.g. a door); to kick open; to smash through (e.g. the enemy); to rout
inconvenient (residence); unpleasant (surroundings); difficult (to live in)
society; the world; the times
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
investigation (e.g. academically, of the unknown); close inquiry (enquiry)
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
zip it (when used to others); I'll shut up (when used by oneself); button (one's) lips
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
all members; everybody; regular member
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring