welcome!; nice to see you!
visitor from afar; joy-bringing spirit from the divine realms
groan; moan; roar; howl; hum (e.g. motor); buzz (e.g. bee, wire in wind)
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
man; male; masculine gender
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
youthful; young; young-looking
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
glass sphere; glass bead; glass marble
to assume an aspect; to take on an appearance
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
things to do; must-do items; one's duty; what is required
to tower over the surroundings
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
still better; even better
black rain; heavily polluted, radioactive rain sometimes following an atmospheric nuclear explosion (esp. that of Hiroshima)
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
roaring; booming; bellowing; pealing; reverberating; rumbling
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining