mix-up; mistake; misunderstanding
to walk away; to saunter off
a few hours; several hours; about two to six hours
teary-eyed; damp (e.g. skin, hair); moist
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
friend's house; home of a friend
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to change one's way of thinking; to switch the direction of one's thoughts; to put one's focus on a new subject; to adopt a new frame of mind
roundabout; indirect; circuitous; ignorant (of the world)
(random) guess; guesswork; shot in the dark; conjecture
ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son
impressions; thoughts; feelings; opinions
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
hidden meaning; symbolism; moral
to bewitch; to confuse; to enchant; to delude
outline; summary; overview; synopsis; abstract; abridgment
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
to keep secret; to conceal
scribbling; scrawl; hasty writing
dwelling; house; residence; address
(act of) building (temple, monument, etc.); erection
good or bad luck; fortune
to tell someone's fortune; to forecast; to predict; to divine
long (time); protracted; prolonged
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
common idea; common wisdom; generally accepted idea
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
years gone by; earlier years; former years; the past
cutting edge; leading edge; forefront; tip; end
spread; span; expanse; extent
old model (of an appliance, etc.); becoming outdated; drop (type of metal casting defect)