appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
watch-keeping; guard; lookout
dilettante; lecher; nymphomaniac
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
fidelity; honour; honor; chastity (of a woman); faithfulness (e.g. to one's husband)
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
doubting; distrustful; incredulous; suspicious
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive
honesty; sincerity; trust; reliance; (religious) faith; devotion
to breathe hard; to pant; to be out of breath
to let out a cry; to shout
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
to rub in; to smear on; to spread on; to lay the blame on
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to take back; to recapture
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
just; fair; proper; reasonable
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
lodging; relay station; post town; constellation; mansion (in Chinese astronomy)
to tremble; to shiver; to shake
albino Japanese rat snake
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled
snow's surface; lily-white skin; fair skin
drawing a sword; drawn sword
decision; judgment; resolution
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)
glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
in one's hands; in one's control