to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
to stand up; to get up; to recover; to regain one's energy; to (stand up and) take action; to rise up (against); to rise (from a crouch) and make the initial charge
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
detailed inspection; thorough examination; checking
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
ear; hearing; ear (for music, etc.); edge; crust; ear (of a pot, jug, etc.)
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
earpick; ear cleaning (with an earpick)
about; on; regarding; per; for every
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
fluttering; flapping; (arch.) flickering (light, flame, etc.); frill; piece of thin material
coarse (texture or grain)
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
sleeveless (garment); sleeveless haori
make-up; makeup; cosmetics; decoration; dressing; veneer
colored contact lens; coloured contact lens; cosmetic contact lens; decorative contact lens
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
device; equipment; machinery; apparatus
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
Alice in Wonderland (novel by Lewis Carroll); Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front); to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
something wrong; something unusual; abnormality; disorder; trouble; change
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
inspection; checking (goods, products)
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter