bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
while; during (the time when)
tacit understanding; connection (of thoughts); collusion; blood vessel
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
whatever the case; under any circumstances
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to send or direct a person to
at first; in the beginning; originally
soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
excuse; explanation; justification; defense; defence
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
lever; agent (causing something to happen); instrument; assistant; helper
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different
appearance; look; a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune; aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)
layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; local manners; modern customs; common; popular
to have an underbite; to have a protruding chin; to be concaved; to have a concave shape
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic; understood only by oneself
aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
fine wrinkles; crow's feet
to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
coercion; overpowering; to overpower; to overawe; to daunt
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
prudence; discretion; thought
place; room; margin; scope
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous