this way and that; (by) various means; (by) every means
boredom; ennui; tedium; discontent; unease
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (of a voice or sound)
(rock) crystal; high purity quartz
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; card; program
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
fortune-telling; divination; fortune-teller; diviner
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
unsightly; ungraceful; clumsy; awkward; unpresentable; unshapely
to shut in; to confine (in); to seal in; to contain; to suppress; to restrain
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
to think over; to ponder; to ruminate; to reflect
compensation; reparation; price (of achieving a goal); cost; paying compensation on someone's behalf; compensation
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal
invitation; introduction; temptation
to push aside; to thrust aside; to brush aside; to reject; to remove; to take out
old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated
novel; story; (work of) fiction
charming; fascinating; enchanting; bewitching; beguiling; captivating
bulging; swelling (e.g. with water); loose-fitting or baggy (clothing); bubbling; foaming
to bubble; to foam; to froth
to raise one's voice; to shout
lack of common sense; thoughtlessness; senselessness; irrationality; absurdity
serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere
particularly; only; in the case of
to do (something negative); to make (a blunder); to commit (an error); to eat (up); to drink
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; one kick
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
to insinuate; to satirize; to satirise; to take a dig at
evident; plain; distinct; clear
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
escape; getting away (from); getting out (of); prolapse; proptosis