I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
bad reputation; disgrace; unpopularity
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to catch fire; to provoke; to catch fire from; to be ignited
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
to end without incident; to not turn into something serious
great laughter; burst of laughter
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to relax one's mind; to feel relaxed; to become remiss; to cease paying careful attention
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
middle of the night; dead of night
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
nightclothes; nightwear; sleepwear; pyjamas; pajamas; nightgown
forcibly; against one's will
sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
calm before a storm; lull before the storm
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
switching over to; migration; transition
to start; to begin; to commence
from time immemorial; ancient; time-honoured; time-honored
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out
cased; boxed; precious; cherished; girl who has been sheltered from the world; one's special talent
matter of time; question of time