number of events (e.g. accidents, crimes, meetings, housing starts, hits on a web page)
expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
to mimic someone's voice; to impersonate
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)
everyday conversation; day-to-day conversation
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
exactly; nicely; to a tee; to be fitting
to manifest itself; to manifest oneself
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
occupation; calling; livelihood
related (by blood); blood-related; of the same blood
to spread (e.g. a rumor); to circulate; to disseminate
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamour
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
to be cloying; to be sick and tired with; to be disgusted with; to stink
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to tear off; to rip off; to peel off
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
bluff; false show of power; bold front
bloody; gory; covered in copious amounts of blood; desperate; frantic
carrying on one's back (e.g. baby); piggybacking; (arch.) last; (arch.) end
casting; cast-metal object
eagerly; earnestly; ardently
attendance (at school); going to school
to clamber; to climb with hands and feet; to crawl up; to creep up
to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility
tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables
out of sight; out of eyeshot
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
redial; redialing; redialling
telecommunications company; telco