little finger; pinky; fourth (occ. fifth) finger; little toe
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
to write out; to make a fair copy; to rewrite
shiba inu (dog breed); shiba; brushwood dog
shoe rack (at an entrance); shoe cupboard; shoe cubby
maintaining a reasonable distance; keeping a proper distance; being neither too close nor too distant; taking a neutral position
to keep (e.g. the lead); to maintain (a standard, situation, etc.); to put aside (for someone); to save (e.g. a seat); to keep (the ball; in soccer, rugby, etc.); to retain possession
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
tentative decision; unofficial offer (esp. job offer); informal offer
death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without
quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...
general; overall; across-the-board
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
leaping flames; flying sparks; spread of fire (due to leaping flames); repercussions in unanticipated areas; spilling over; impetigo contagiosa
innocent; naive; artless; unaffected; genuine; childlike
one's face turning pale (ashen); the color being drained from one's face
item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry
to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
whirlwind; sensation; commotion; hullabaloo
dress; one-piece (e.g. swimsuit)
in the future; another day; later
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; babble; gibberish; jargon
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
wide turn; detour; the long way around
crossing (a road, river, etc.); cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town); crossing (east-west); traversing; cutting horizontally; sectioning laterally
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
to jump up; to leap up; to spring up
to wriggle; to writhe; to squirm; to scrawl
to seal (e.g. a letter); to prevent (e.g. movement); to forbid; to block (e.g. speech)
fall; falling down; inversion; reversal; getting upset; losing one's presence of mind
passion; ardor; enthusiasm; The Passion
February; second month of the lunar calendar
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
to shut in; to confine (in); to seal in; to contain; to suppress; to restrain
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
to pull from both ends; to pull from both sides; to play tug of war
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose