true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
by today; before the day is over
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
to run through; to run past
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
acquaintance; making someone's acquaintance
clothes (that one is wearing); wearing clothes
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
to play a leading role; to play a central part
costume; dress; attire; (arch.) interior decoration; (arch.) landscaping; (arch.) furnishing
armband; arm band; brassard
monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
stealthy steps; spurt to overtake a leading horse just before the finish line
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
available room (hotel); vacancy; room to let
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
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)
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
fold; crease; pleat; manners; courtesy; responsible behavior (behaviour)
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
(aircraft) hangar; (coat) hanger; hunger
to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused