wintertime; winter season
source of fire; sign of fire; warmth of fire; heat
departure; leaving; going away; recession
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
fingernail mark; scratch; scars (e.g. of war); traces (of damage); ravages
semicircular; crescent-shaped; half-moon
whatever way; any way; either way; one way or the other
funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable
one-person show; one-woman show; one-man show; performing solo; monodrama
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
a bit of contrivance; some fiddling; a little ingenuity
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation
mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth
to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise
to offer (e.g. flowers at a grave); to present (to a god, the deceased, etc.); to dedicate; to give as a parting gift; to offer (parting words)
middle of the night; dead of night
end; close; conclusion; termination
giant; great man; Tokyo Giants (baseball team)
to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed
passing (e.g. of a typhoon); going past
princess; daughter of a nobleman
stinginess; miserliness; parsimony
cloudy sky; overcast sky; cloudy weather
to be filled to bursting; to burst
to increase more and more; to continue to increase; to become more and more intense; to get stronger and stronger
to be photographed; to be projected
one after another; continuously; incessantly; in succession; by turns
unity; coherence; consistency; settlement; conclusion; closure
going around in circles; circling a temple; roll-call vote
modernization; modernisation
snakes and scorpions; something detestable
accident; emergency; calamity
prediction; prejudgment; presupposition; foregone conclusion