bright green; chartreuse green
to sing; to chirp; to twitter
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
canary (esp. the island canary, Serinus canaria)
last night; yesterday evening
canary (esp. the island canary, Serinus canaria)
to work (for, at, in); to be employed (at); to finish (a term); to serve (e.g. a sentence); to conduct (a ceremony); to perform (a Buddhist memorial service)
long slits (esp. of eyes)
great disaster; catastrophe; train wreck
mwahahaha (evil laughter); coo coo; cooing; stifled laughter; suppressed laughter; sound of snagging
to be unable to just watch (without doing anything); to be unable stand (idly) by; to be unable to look on with indifference; to be unable to remain a mere spectator
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
surroundings; circumference
nap; doze; short sleep; staringly; fixedly
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
every person; each one; everybody
appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
obscene; indecent; salacious; lascivious; lewd
only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be
perception; sensing; noticing
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
to strike (gold, oil, etc.); to find (e.g. buried treasure); to dig up
frightening; scary; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) exaggerated; (arch.) huge
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
all times and places; all ages and countries
main cause; primary factor
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
ordinary; run-of-the-mill; usual
swaying (only once, in a large, slow motion); relaxedly
coal mine; (coal) pit; colliery
dead end; blind alley; no through road (i.e. on signage); end; end of the road; end point
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance
rough estimate; rough calculation; expectation; anticipation; plan
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
request; appeal; claim; purchase
with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around
writing; entry (e.g. to a form); posting (e.g. to a blog)