envoy; diplomat below the rank of ambassador (e.g. deputy chief of mission, charge d'affaires); minister (of legation)
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
to take (something) along; to bring with one; to carry (something) away; to bear
half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer
bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
evening meal; dinner; supper
irresistible; overwhelming
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
impatience; irritation; frustration; fretfulness
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
with an extreme cold (i.e. temperature); lonelily; lonesomely; (acting) coldly (toward someone)
omen; portent; sign; presage; harbinger; premonition
to throw up (e.g. mud); to splash (up); to flip up; to tip up; to raise sharply (e.g. prices); to hike
sneer; derision; scornful laugh; cold smile
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
multistoried building; castle; palace; shrine
to inlay; to set; to stud (e.g. star-studded sky); to enchase (something) with; to mount (gems)
late autumn (fall); (arch.) ninth month of the lunar calendar
twilight; sunset; dusk; evening
to die (esp. foliage as winter approaches)
Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki); Chinese persimmon; kaki
to steal; to rob; to take away
pit of one's stomach; bottom of one's heart; one's true feelings; one's innermost thoughts
top (of a flight of stairs); end (of a moving walkway); exit door (e.g. of a bus); steps down (from a bus, etc.)
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to open up (to someone); to become unreserved; to lower one's guard; to become friendly (with); to feel at ease; to take a relaxed attitude (to)
to be found; to be discovered
tobacco shop; tobacconist
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
various; a variety of; all kinds of; many; diverse
to miss a chance to do; to fail to do
to contemplate; to ponder; to think over; to turn over in one's mind; to reflect; to muse
ill will; malice; evil intent
opinion; intention; thought
to leave to chance; to resign oneself to one's fate; to leave the rest to heaven
dry grass; dead grass; hay; withered grass
sharp (knife, claws, etc.); pointed; sharp (pain, tone, etc.); acute; keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.); acute
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
lighthouse; old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it
to judge; to decide; to solve; to decipher; to divine; to guess
antenna; thing or method used to collect information or opinions