rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all
cone (e.g. pine, hemlock)
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (e.g. voice); fluent; eloquent
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
in the meanwhile; during the time
melon bread; half-melon shaped bun, flavored with artificial melon
gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else
close; intimate; on good terms
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
to have meaning; to be meaningful
wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting)
spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle; long stride; big steps; thigh-scooping body drop
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
self-study; teaching oneself; studying by oneself (at school) while the teacher is absent
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
unanticipated; unexpected
to be blind to one's shortcomings; to play innocent
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)