brilliance; splendour; splendor; lustre; luster
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
talk; dialogue; conversation
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
acolyte; adherent; follower; imitator; copycat
near oneself; close to one; familiar
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
poor thing!; pour soul!; what a pity!
surprisingly; stunningly; astonishingly; wonderfully
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
future (usually near); prospects
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
head; chief; leader; the greatest of all; the most excellent
wording; phraseology; diction
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend
kaki (Japanese persimmon) seed; spicy baked or fried mochi chips in this shape
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
rustic simplicity; homeliness; unsophisticated; naive; honest; simple
feeling chilly; nervous; anxious; frightened
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
disturbance of mind; losing one's head; being upset; transition; changing; moving
interjection; exclamation