dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
rustling of leaves; rustling of grass
hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room
without cause; without reason
to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)
to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run
to be at a loss for words; to be speechless; to be dumbfounded; to be struck dumb
rule violation; rule infraction; infringement of the rules
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
abusive language; violent language; wild words
reconciliation; making up (with); making peace (with); being friends again; patching up a quarrel
end (of a street, hallway, etc.)
distributing board (panel); switchboard
No Entry; No Trespassing; No Admittance; off-limits; restricted; forbidden
written apology; written statement of regret
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
to parade; to march; to walk in procession
all over; everywhere; in every nook and cranny; brightly; clearly
test of courage (by going to a frightening place, e.g. a graveyard)
empty grain husk; immature ear (e.g. wheat); hollow object; unripe fruit
branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways
ahead (of); before; slightly earlier
to explain adequately; to be accountable
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
to shift; to move; to slide; to move (an appointment, meeting, etc.); to bring forward; to put back
skylight; dormer; transom; dormer window
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
ascending and descending; going up and down
participant; entrant; player; competitor
rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to write down; to record; to register
to rampage; to run wild; to run amok; to rage (of a storm, waves, etc.); to be wild (of the wind); to be rough
to lose one's temper; to throw a tantrum; to fly into a rage
to rush back; to run back
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
to quiet (a child, crowd, etc.); to quieten; to calm (one's nerves, excitement, etc.); to compose (oneself); to suppress (a rebellion, riot, fire, etc.); to quell
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else