desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; contraction; atrophy
colorless and transparent
putting together (e.g. opinions); gathering; collecting; aggregating; summarizing; integrating
painstaking (e.g. effort); excruciating (e.g. hard work); grueling
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)
worn-out; run-down; beat-up; shabby; dilapidated
towel blanket; terry-cloth blanket
to be turned up; to be lifted up (e.g. by the wind)
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to twine around; to twist around; to coil around; to pester; to hassle
to become possible; to become able to (do)
regular; well-regulated; systematic; orderly
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
going into a frenzy; flying into a rage
horror film; horror movie
biological parent; real parent
restoration to life; coming to life again; reformation; rehabilitation; recycling; reclamation; playback
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy
futon (laid on the floor); (Japanese) mattress; underquilt; sleeping mat
washing machine; (clothes) washer
being dependent on what the weather is like
lack of sleep; sleep deprivation
unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain
feeling of disappointment; sense of dismay
to breathe out; to exhale
person of firm character; stable person; gutsy person
sketching; drawing from nature; portrayal; description
to taste; to taste of; to have a taste
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)
diminutive used with names, etc.; diminutive adjective ending