mixed race; mixed parentage
to be left blooming; to remain on the stem
single flower; one wheel; full moon
suddenly; all of a sudden; quickly; emphatically; energetically
clandestine Christian (during the Edo period); secret Christian
unsightly; ungraceful; clumsy; awkward; unpresentable; unshapely
many people; a large number of people
child born with teeth; child which does not resemble its parents; changeling; wild child; badly-behaved child
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
to flub (one's lines); to be flustered; to be confused; to bungle; to mess up
to declare; to speak out; to warn; to spit out (words)
to come apart at the seams; to be ripped; to begin to open; to begin to bloom; to smile broadly; to break into a smile
black fly (any insect of family Simuliidae); gnat
in consideration of; in deference to; out of respect for; for (someone's) sake
to leave; to go home; (arch.) to go; (arch.) to leave; (arch.) to pass (of time); (arch.) to die
to yearn for; to pine for
shadow; shade; shading; nuance; shades of meaning; subtleties
surrounding at a distance
one class (of students); one group (of people); one set (of items); one pair
to put one's hand on; to touch
to drain away; to sell off; to dispose of
if I had to say; if pressed (to answer); if I must choose; if I had to choose
to bubble; to foam; to froth
bell cricket (Meloimorpha japonica); (arch.) pine cricket (Xenogryllus marmoratus)
(sound of) wind blowing through pine trees; (sound of) steam whistling in a kettle (at a tea ceremony); matsukaze; sugar-glazed cookie sprinkled with sesame or poppy seeds
difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
oil sands; tar sands; bituminous sands
several hundred; hundreds (of)
trio; gang of three; threesome