interior; inside; internal
going to bed (usu. with someone)
thoughts; opinion; however much money you wish to give (as alms, a fee at a museum, etc.); fondness (for a significant other, etc.; often used teasingly); love
patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
good bye; I'm off; see you later
to talk the night away; to talk all night
night air; stillness of night; cool evening
to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark
idle thoughts; worldly thoughts
ta-dah!; ta-da!; tada!; voilà
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock)
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
isn't it (that) different (from usual, from what one could expect, etc.)?; isn't that wrong?; no, that's wrong; it's not like that; that's not the case
an issue being settled; a case being closed
shiritori; word-chain game; word game in which players must give a word starting with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
remaining silent; keeping secret
no matter how you look at it; no matter how you slice it; clearly; obviously; surely; without a doubt
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous
to smash; to break (into pieces); to shatter; to simplify; to make easy to understand
exposure to the sun; sunny place; per day
not a word to anyone; keep it secret; mum's the word
matter for congratulation (wedding, pregnancy, birth, etc.); happy event
child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
(matter) for congratulations; worthy of celebration; happy (occasion, ending, etc.); naive; too good-natured; gullible
bang on the money; spot on; right answer
(essential) utilities; lifeline
tacit; unspoken; implicit
to bear fruit; to produce fruit
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age