rumor of a romance (rumour)
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
to take a lot of dealing with; to be a handful
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
perfidiousness; faithlessness; inconstancy; insincerity; falsehood
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
just a minute; small quantity
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
real image; real form; real-life image; true picture
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
other side; opposite side; other party
(highway) median; median strip; central reservation
landing; alighting; touch down
back street; back alley; off-street
terminus; last stop (e.g. train)
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot
decommissioned vehicle; out of service vehicle; deregistered vehicle; unregistered vehicle; deregistering (vehicle); unregistering
shuttle bus; pickup bus; courtesy bus; hotel bus; bus service connecting a station, airport, etc. to a hotel or tourist attraction
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
invitation; introduction; temptation
to be entwined; to be involved
lock; padlock; tablet; lozenge; pill
falcon (esp. the peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus)
emergency staircase; emergency stairs
anchorage; anchoring; mooring
admonition; commandment; sila (precept)
indicates the target of an activity; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
interpenetration of spirit between the poet and nature in a haiku
scrap wood; waste wood; waste; waste material; scrap material